India at UN asks world to call out Pakistan for supporting terror outfits

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India on Wednesday urged global communities to call out Pakistan for supporting terror outfits operating from the territories under their control.

Speaking at the United Nations Security Council Arria-formula meeting on "Transnational Terrorist Threats" Indian diplomat, Rajesh Parihar said, "It is high time that the international community calls out such states - Pakistan, and seek effective, credible, verifiable, and irreversible actions from them against terror outfits operating from the territories under their control, without further delay."

Hitting out hard at terror groups, such as Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) in Pakistan, he said, "UN-designated terror groups, such as LeT, HUM, JeM continue to operate from across the border targeting civilians, security forces, places of worship and critical infrastructure in India."

"Terrorism continues to remain the gravest threat to humanity in spite of efforts by the international community, including those led by UNSC in the past two-decade to combat and curb its menace,” he said.

“The threat of terrorism is not only growing and expanding at a rate of rapid pace into new areas, particularly in Asia and Africa, but is also exorbitant by the expansion of new and emerging technologies by the terrorist group to achieve their vicious goals," Parihar added.

India has been at the receiving end of state-sponsored cross-border terrorism for the past several decades.

There have been a notable increase and the use of drones for trafficking arms and drugs, as well as, launching terror attacks. In Africa, drones have been used by terrorist groups to monitor the movement of security forces and peace-keepers making them vulnerable to terrorist attacks.

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Parihar urged the Council to pay close attention to the use of new technologies by terrorist groups, a new and emerging trend to assess this threat and ensure an effective and timely response to address it.