Mumbai, Pulwama attacks perpetrators enjoying state support: India targets Pak

India has strongly hit out at Pakistan at the UN saying the world knows where perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai 2016 Pathankot and 2019 Pulwama terror attacks came from and it is regretful that facilitators of these dastardly acts continue to enjoy state support and hospitalityCounsellor in Indias Permanent Mission to the UN Rajesh Parihar began his remarks to the open briefing of the CounterTerrorism Committee on Monday by recalling that exactly three years ago on February 14 2019 40 brave men of Indian security personnel were killed in a ldquodastardly terrorist attackrdquo in Pulwama carried out by JaisheMohammad JeMThe world had witnessed the horrors of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack the 2016 Pathankot terror attack and the 2019 Pulwama terrorist attack We all know from where the perpetrators of these attacks came from Parihar said delivering Indias national statement at the open briefing on the work of the CounterTerrorism Committee Executive Directorate CTED with the Member States of South and SouthEast AsiaHe said it is regretful that victims of these dastardly attacks are yet to get justice and the perpetrators facilitators and financiers of these attacks continue to walk free ldquostill enjoying State support and hospitalityrdquo making a reference to PakistanThis epicentre of terrorism nurtures terrorist entities with links to more than 150 UNdesignated entities and individuals and its leaders often extol terrorists as martyrsrdquo he said alluding to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan calling slain alQaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a martyrParihar asserted that India is fully committed to bringing the perpetrators of these terror attacks on its soil to justice while he emphasised that it is ldquohigh timerdquo the international community calls upon ldquothis epicentre of terror staterdquo to take effective credible verifiable and irreversible actions without further delay against terror outfits operating on its territory and under their controlWe have consistently witnessed terror attacks on ethnic sectarian and religious minorities including Christians Hindus and Sikhs The growth of extremist ideology in our neighbouring state is bolstered by their patronage of radical outfits The mainstreaming of radicalism and communal ideology by the State has also provided a fertile environment for the growth of terror infrastructure in the regionrdquo he saidNoting with concern that the terrorist threat posed by Statesponsored terrorism has remained high in the South Asia region he said many countries in the South Asia region have been victims of Statesponsored terrorism in the last five decadesThe UNdesignated terrorist groups such as LashkareTaiba HarkatulMujahidin and JaisheMohammad as well as their aliases and proxies continue to operate in the region targeting civilians security forces places of worship soft targets and critical infrastructurerdquo he saidUnderlining that India has been at the receiving end of terror acts including crossborder terrorism for past several decades Parihar said the country has also been at the forefront of the collective global fight against terrorism advocating and practicing a ldquozero tolerancerdquo policy towards terrorismIndias Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti had opened the briefing with his remarks as Chair of the CounterTerrorism CommitteeDelivering the remarks in his capacity as Chair of the CounterTerrorism Committee Tirumurti said that linkages between the Taliban AlQaeda and UN Security Councildesignated terror entities such as LeT and JeM are ldquoa further source of concernrdquoHe noted that serious concern remains that Afghanistan may become a safe haven for Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups in the regionHe stressed that the recent 1988 Committee report to the Security Council noted that the ties between the Taliban largely through the Haqqani Network and the alQaeda and foreign terrorist fighters remain close and are based on ideological alignment and relationships forged through common struggle and intermarriageTirumurti underlined that the Talibans rise to power in Afghanistan also poses a complex security threatrdquo outside the region particularly in parts of Africa where terrorist groups may try to emulate the Talibans exampleHe noted that since their military defeat in the conflict zones of the Middle East ISIL and AlQaida have been seeking to establish a foothold in both South and SouthEast AsiaHe emphasised that the misuse of information and communications technologies ICT including new technologies such as artificial intelligence AI robotics deep fakes and Blockchain for terrorist purposes is on the increaseUse of drones for crossborder trafficking of arms drugs and launching terror attacks have also remained an issue of serious concernrdquo he saidHe called on member states to harness the power of new technologies to counter terrorist threats in a responsible and humanrights compliant mannerThis story has 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