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Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, said to the UN Security Council that the organisation needs 'to ensure that Afghanistan is never again used as launching pad for global terrorism' while speaking from the New York City headquarters on Thursday.
According to Voronkov, the Secretary-General's 13th report on the Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS, ISIL, Da'esh) is still valid as the group has expanded its presence in Afghanistan.
SOT, Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism: "Despite the latest developments in Afghanistan, the Secretary-General’s 13th report on Da’esh remains valid. Its emphasis on the interplay between armed conflict, state fragility and terrorism, and Afghanistan is no exception. The report also notes that Da’esh has expanded its presence in Afghanistan. We will need to ensure that Afghanistan is never again used as launching pad for global terrorism."
SOT, Michele Coninsx, Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED): “In many non-conflict zones, pandemic-related restrictions have continued to help suppress terrorist activity. In conflict zones, however, where the impact of pandemic-related restrictions is limited, the increasing interplay between terrorism, fragility and conflict has caused the terrorist threat to grow. Indeed, Da’esh and its affiliates continued to pose a significant threat in West, East and Central Africa and Afghanistan, while simultaneously prioritizing their efforts to regroup and resurge in Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic.”
SOT, Davood Moradian, Director General, Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies: “The case of Afghanistan is a prime example of the contradictory approach to deal with terrorism. Many have been recommending political means to deal with the Taliban, while advocating military solution to other like-minded groups such as Al Qaeda, Pakistani Taliban and the ETIM. Ladies and gentlemen, if there is a utility and wisdom in a political approach to the Taliban, why should it not be extended to other groups? Or the other way around.”
SOT, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, India: “I have made it very clear that we have had, unfortunately, a long experience with cross-border terrorism. We are not the only country which has had it, other countries have had it, I mentioned Afghanistan as an example. And I specifically in fact mentioned some of the groups that you did, Jaish-e-Muhammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba. And I think this is a continuing issue and we made the point very strongly that it’s important that there are no double-standards, that there are no distinctions. Terrorism is terrorism.”
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