Pakistan has warned the United Nations Security Council (USC) that Pakistan of Tehreek-E-Taliban Prohibited (TTP) is evolving towards an umbrella organization for militant groups in the region, with the Taliban authorities leading Afghanistan in its transversal attacks.
Speaking during a CSNU session on Afghanistan, the permanent representative of Pakistan at the UN, Mining Akram, accused Kabul of having provided refuge to the activists who intensified the attacks on Pakistani soil. He warned that Afghanistan now houses more than 20 terrorist groups, constituting a direct threat to regional stability.
“We have evidence that the authorities of Kabul not only tolerated but are accomplices of the conduct of the Terrorist Terrorist Transfronner attacks,” Akram told the Council.
The Pakistani envoy said the TTP, which has around 6,000 fighters, has become the largest terrorist outfit operating from Afghan territory. He alleged that the group enjoyed operational freedom and the support of elements in the Afghan government.
He also warned that the TTP collaborates with other militant organizations, such as the Balutchistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the MAJEED brigade, which were both involved in attacks targeting Pakistan security forces and Chinese investments in the country.
“The Kabul authorities did not respond to the threat posed to the region and beyond by other terrorist groups, such as Al-Qaeda, TTP and Balutch terrorists, including the BLA and the major brigade, who are present in Afghanistan,” said Akram.
Pakistan has experienced a strong increase in terrorism, the World Terrorism Index (GTI) 2025 ranking it as the second most affected country in the world. The country experienced a 45% increase in deaths related to terrorism, from 748 in 2023 to 1,081 in 2024, one of the most steep overvoltages around the world.
The number of terrorist incidents has more than doubled from 517 attacks in 2023 to 1,099 in 2024 – The first attacks exceeded 1,000 in a single year since the creation of the index. Analysts linked this climbing to the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan in 2021.
Last week, the Pakistani security forces thwarted an attempt to attack the Bannu cantonment at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing the 16 activists involved. However, five soldiers and 13 civilians also lost their lives in the exchange of fire.
In another major development, Islamabad recently arrested the operator of Daesh-Khorasan Mohammad Sharifullah alias Jafar with the information provided by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It was then given to the American authorities for its alleged role in the suicide bombing of Kabul 2021 airport which killed at least 170 Afghans and 13 American soldiers.
The Ambassador Munnir Akram also underlined the alarming recovery of modern weapons during operations to combat terrorism against TTP in Pakistan. He said that these weapons were one of the military stocks left by foreign forces when they withdraw from Afghanistan in 2021.
He criticized the last report of the UN Secretary General for having omitted to underline the growing terrorist threat to Afghanistan.
“It is strange that a report entitled” the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security “covers humanitarian, economic and human rights issues but does not deal with terrorism,” he said.
Pakistan, he added, would now put pressure for the creation of a working group against terrorism in the context of the Doha process to develop a structured approach to cope with the growing militant threat.
Ambassador Akram has called on the international community to take urgent measures to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a reproductive ground for global terrorism. He urged the CSNU to approach the security vacuum that has emerged in the region since the Taliban takeover, warning that inaction would have serious consequences.
Islamabad, he said, would launch consultations to establish a formal mechanism within the framework of the United Nations to counter cross-border terrorism.
“Pakistan will not allow its security to be undermined, and we will take all the necessary measures to protect our people and our interests,” he said.
