Terror attacks are planned in safe havens in neighbourhood of Afghanistan: India at UN

India’s permanent representative to UN, Syed Akbaruddin, on Tuesday stated that Taliban, along with their aided supporters, "continue to pursue military operations perpetrating violence over several parts of Afghanistan," news agency ANI reported.

"These offences are planned and launched by those harboured in safe havens in the neighbourhood of Afghanistan," Akbaruddin noted.

He stated that these "sanctuaries" have provided safety to terror networks.

"These sanctuaries have, for years, provided safety for dark agendas of ideologically and operationally fused terror networks like the Taliban, the Haqqani network, Daesh, the Al Qaeda and its prescribed affiliates Lashkar-e-Taiba & Jaish-e-Mohammed," he added.

Akbaruddin said that these terror outfits draw "financial sustenance" from extortion, forced levies, and through criminal networks.

"The agendas of these organisations draw financial sustenance not only from extortion and forced levies & taxes but also benefit significantly from criminal networks operating drug cartels and stealing Afghanistan's natural resources," Akbaruddin further added.

The United States, time and again, has resounded India's view over repeated terror incidents in and around the Afghan-Pak border region.

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, during her three-day visit to India in June, stated that Pakistan is becoming a 'safe haven'for terrorists.

She said that even though Pakistan is a partner to the United States, terrorism operating on the Pakistan soil would not be tolerated by them.

"We share a commitment to defeating terrorism and the hateful ideology that motivates it. The US values Pakistan as a partner but we cannot tolerate the state becoming a haven for terrorists and hope to see a change," Haley said.

US Army General in April this year told the lawmakers that it was very difficult to contain the insurgency in war-torn Afghanistan if Islamabad continues to harbour terrorists on its soil.

"It's very, very difficult to eliminate any insurgency if that insurgency has 'safe haven'in another country. But right now, the Taliban, the Haqqanis and other organisations do, in fact, enjoy some safe haven in the border regions on the Pakistani side of the border. Pakistan has got to be part of the solution," General Mark A Milley, Chief of Staff of the US Army, told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing.