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| Security Council rejects Afghan Taliban claim / Photo File (X/@8AM_Media) |
The United Nations Security Council has rejected the Afghan Taliban’s claim that Afghan soil is not being used for cross-border terrorist activities, exposing the continued presence and operations of multiple militant groups within Afghanistan.
According to the 16th report issued by the Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, the Taliban’s assertions were deemed unreliable. The report warned that countries in the region are increasingly viewing Afghanistan as a growing source of regional instability.
The report stated that several UN member states have confirmed the active presence of terrorist organisations in Afghanistan, including ISIS-K (Daesh Khorasan), Al-Qaeda, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Turkistan Islamic Party, Jamaat Ansarullah, and other extremist groups. Some of these organisations are reportedly involved in planning external attacks beyond Afghanistan’s borders.
It further highlighted that Al-Qaeda continues to maintain close ties with the Taliban, while ISIS-K is regarded as the Taliban’s principal rival. However, the report identified the TTP as the most serious regional threat, noting that it continues to conduct operations from safe havens inside Afghanistan.
The UN report also revealed divisions within the Taliban leadership over the TTP issue. While some senior Taliban members view the Pakistani Taliban as harmful to relations with Pakistan, others reportedly continue to support the group.
According to the report, the TTP carried out more than 600 attacks inside Pakistan during 2025, many of them highly sophisticated. A significant number of suicide attackers involved in these incidents were identified as Afghan nationals.
The findings have raised serious concerns at the international level, further challenging the Taliban’s claims and intensifying scrutiny over Afghanistan’s role in regional and global security.
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