Terrorism continues to pose serious threat to Afghanistan

Emphasising the expectation of the international community which notes the commitment of the Taliban not to allow the use of Afghan soil for terrorism, India at the UN Security Council meeting said that terrorism continues to pose a serious threat to Afghanistan and the region.

It’s the problem that won’t go away. Like a virus, it mutates into new variants just when we think we have it on the back foot. Again and again, it raises old questions about what we are prepared to sacrifice in order to defeat it.

According to United Nations reports, in addition to the al-Qaida core, several regional al-Qaida affiliates, as well as a range of al-Qaida-linked Pakistani groups, already operate on Afghan soil. Unsurprisingly, online chatter among terrorist sympathizers around the globe concerning travel to Afghanistan has already begun.