Islamabad refers back to the thirty fifth, thirty sixth, sixteenth and thirty seventh UN Safety Council monitoring staff studies
File picture of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militants. PHOTO: REUTERS
Pakistan on Sunday questioned the place of United Nations human rights specialists concerning the shortage of “credible proof” linking the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) assaults to Afghan soil, pointing to a number of UN and worldwide studies that documented the presence and actions of terrorist teams working from Afghanistan.
Final month, the UN specialists had urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to decide to a everlasting ceasefire and had additionally claimed that Pakistan had not printed credible proof that TTP assaults inside its territory had been directed or managed by the de facto Afghan authorities.
The specialists had known as on the events to respect worldwide human rights regulation and worldwide humanitarian regulation, together with the safety of civilians and civilian objects. They known as for immediate, unbiased and clear investigations of all alleged violations, accountability for perpetrators, and treatments for victims, in step with worldwide requirements.
Opposite to their place, Pakistan highlighted a distinction between the UN specialists’ assertion and established findings from numerous UN Safety Council Monitoring Workforce studies and assessments constantly documenting TTP presence, secure havens and operational exercise from Afghan soil.
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Pakistan referred to the thirty fifth, thirty sixth, sixteenth and thirty seventh UN Safety Council monitoring staff studies. It additionally cited the SIGAR 66th and 68th studies of January 2025. Extra references embody the Russian MFA Army-Political Evaluation of February 2026, the CSTO Safety Evaluation of 2026, the SCO Deliberations of September 2025, and the Quadrilateral Evaluation by Russia, China and Iran in September 2025.
Pakistan additional talked about statements by the Danish ambassador on the UN Safety Council in November 2025, Russia’s Safety Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu in 2025, Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia in 2025, and Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov in August 2025.
The mentioned studies and assessments collectively highlighted Afghanistan as a hub for over 20 worldwide terrorist organisations (ITOs), with 13,000–23,000 international terrorists, together with greater than 6,000 TTP fighters having fun with secure havens and operational freedom.
Additionally they notice continued Al-Qaeda presence and management regrouping, in addition to lively ISIL-Ok growth.
The assessments doc over 600 TTP assaults in Pakistan launched from Afghan soil, with the Afghan Taliban offering sanctuary, facilitation, and logistical help that enabled cross-border assaults and regional instability.
Pakistan questioned what extra proof the UN human rights specialists required, noting that a number of UN and worldwide assessments already confirmed the presence of over 20 terrorist teams, hundreds of international terrorists, and continued Taliban help to proxies working from Afghan soil.
“Whether or not these findings are being ignored? Do they anticipate Pakistan’s management to go to Afghanistan and have images with TTP leaders like Hafiz Gul Bahadar and Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud?” a safety analyst questioned.
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He additionally raised concern over the UN specialists questioning the credibility of the very UN establishments tasked with monitoring, reporting and upholding worldwide norms, sustaining that these established studies offered clear documentation of the threats originating from Afghan territory.
The thirty seventh report by the Analytical Assist and Sanctions Monitoring Workforce, dated February 4, mentioned that assaults on Pakistan by the TTP from Afghanistan had elevated, endorsing Islamabad’s long-running complaints about militant sanctuaries throughout the border.
The report not solely endorsed Islamabad’s stance that Afghanistan had turn out to be a sanctuary for militants who used its territory to launch assaults on Pakistan, but additionally got here at a time when the nation is dealing with a renewed spate of violence.
