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Stop LeT, JeM from exploiting Afghan soil for terror: India slams Pak at UNSC

'Afghanistan needs compassion and a helping hand'
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India has urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to ensure that Afghan soil is not exploited by Pakistan-based terror groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), even as it called for a “fresh approach” by the international community towards Afghanistan that goes beyond punitive measures.

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Delivering India’s statement at the UNSC’s quarterly meeting on Afghanistan, Permanent Representative Parvathaneni Harish said entities and individuals designated by the council, including ISIL, Al-Qaeda and their affiliates, “must no longer be allowed to exploit Afghan territory for terrorist activities”.

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At the same time, Harish stressed that sanctions alone were unlikely to deliver results and argued for “hitherto unused policy instruments” to support the Afghan people. “A business-as-usual approach is only expected to maintain the status quo… Afghanistan needs compassion and a helping hand,” he said.

He noted that India’s engagement with Afghanistan would continue with all stakeholders, and welcomed Kabul’s condemnation of the Pahalgam terrorist attack.

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