{"id":38736,"date":"2023-12-23T01:58:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T01:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/backed-by-rival-ttp-free-to-attack-pakistan-un-told\/"},"modified":"2023-12-23T01:58:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T01:58:31","slug":"backed-by-rival-ttp-free-to-attack-pakistan-un-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/backed-by-rival-ttp-free-to-attack-pakistan-un-told\/","title":{"rendered":"Backed by \u2018rival\u2019, TTP free to attack Pakistan, UN told"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has formally told the UN Security Council that it has \u201cclear evidence\u201d that the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is supported by \u201cour main adversary\u201d and has been given free rein to conduct cross-border attacks against Pakistan\u2019s border outposts and other installations.<\/p>\n<p>This revelation, which came during a Wednesday afternoon debate on a UN report on Afghanistan, also saw Pakistan\u2019s UN Ambassador Munir Akram defending the country\u2019s decision to expel undocumented foreigners, particularly Afghan nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Although he did not name India, there was no doubt the UN envoy was referring to Pakistan\u2019s neighbour to the East, as Pakistan has previously blamed New Delhi for backing Afghan-based terror groups for unrest and attacks within its borders.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1799787\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The head of the UN Assist\u00adance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Roza Otunbayeva, also endor\u00adsed some of Islamabad\u2019s complaints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegional countries are concerned about additional possible threats emanating from Afghanistan,\u201d noted Ms Otun\u00adba\u00adyeva, specifically highlighting Pakistan\u2019s apprehensions. She also acknowledged Islam\u00adabad\u2019s belief that \u201cthe Afghan de facto authorities have done too little to contain the TTP\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Akram infor\u00admed the Security Council that cross-border terrorist attacks by the TTP and its affiliates had caused considerable loss of lives and properties, including military installations, in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have lost hundreds of our brave soldiers and civilians in these attacks just this year alone and last week,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed out that TTP\u2019s attacks have become more lethal and sophisticated since the terrorist group acquired advanced military equipment. These weapons, he mentioned, came from the considerable stocks left behind by foreign forces that were based in Afghanistan for almost two decades.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1768650\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPakistan demands that the United Nations \u2014 whether UNAMA or another agency \u2014 conduct a thorough investigation to determine how these weapons got in the hands of the TTP and to identify ways of retrieving them,\u201d the Pakistani envoy said.<\/p>\n<p>Defending Pakistan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1785164\">decision to expel undocumented for\u00adeigners<\/a>, Ambassador Akram said: \u201cBesides the security threat posed by terrorist \u2018sleeper cells,\u2019 many of these illegals are involved in drug trafficking, operate property mafias and other crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The influx of such large numbers of illegal immigrants has had a negative impact on Pakistan\u2019s economy and job market, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan continues to host 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees, while there are another 2.2 million Afghans living in Pakistan undocumented, including 700,000 who crossed into Pakistan after the Taliban takeover. However, Ms Otunbayeva warned that the expulsion has led to a deterioration in relations between the two neighbours.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, December 22nd, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has formally told the UN Security Council that it has \u201cclear evidence\u201d that the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is supported by \u201cour main adversary\u201d and has been given free rein to conduct cross-border attacks against Pakistan\u2019s border outposts and other installations. This revelation, which came during a Wednesday afternoon debate on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/12\/22074922301cf9b.jpg?r=075155","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}