Pak waging undeclared war, says Af

It Finances, Trains Jihadis, Kabul Tells UN

Slamming Pakistan at the UN for providing safe haven to terrorists, Afghanistan said Pakistan has been waging an “undeclared war“ on its people by plotting “merciless“ terror attacks and training and financing groups like the Taliban and Haqqani network.

Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday , Afghnaistan's vice-president Sarwar Danesh said Kabul has repeatedly asked Pakistan to destroy known terrorist safe havens but there has been no change in the situation. “Taliban and Haqqani network are trained, equip ped and financed there,“ he said, adding that Pakistan has a dual policy of discriminating between what it views as “good and bad terrorists“.

Citing the recent attack at the American University of Afghanistan and against a pe aceful demonstration in Kabul, Danesh said based on “existing evidence“, these attacks were planned and organised from inside the Pakistani territory. Danesh said more than 10 Pakistan-based terrorist groups were creating obstacles for its state-building efforts and preventing the establishment of peace and stability in Afghanistan.

He drew the attention of global leaders to the presence in Pakistan of past and current leaders of terror groups like al-Qaida, Taliban and the Haqqani network. He said Afghanistan has always desired peaceful ties with all countries, however, it reserves the right to do whatever is necessary for the defence and protection of its people.

(TOI)