His remarks come at a time when Pakistan has urged the international community not to isolate the Taliban in Afghanistan, but instead strengthen the current Afghan government for the sake of the people.
Taking a swipe at Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at UN General Assembly on Saturday said countries should stop 'using terrorism as a political tool'. His remarks comes at a time when Pakistan has urged the international community not to isolate the Taliban in Afghanistan, but instead strengthen the current Afghan government for the sake of the people.
It is absolutely essential to ensure that Afghanistan's territory is not used to spread terrorism and for terrorist activities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during his address at United Nations General Assembly.
Prime Minister Modi will speak on various important issues including cross-border terrorism, regional situation and United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reforms, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla had said earlier.
Pakistan-based radical cleric Hafiz Saeed’s Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) is the front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Taiba which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people, including six Americans.
Responding to a question on Pak's support to terrorism during a press briefing, Shringla said that Pakistan has really been in many senses instigator of some of the problems India is dealing with in our neighbourhood and beyond.
Kamala Harris agreed with PM Modi on cross-border terrorism, and that India had been a victim of terrorism for several decades now.
US President Joe Biden will meet PM Narendra Modi for the first time since he assumed power in the US. The main agenda of the meeting will be to discuss the issues of terrorism and Afghanistan crisis.
Addressing a G-20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Afghanistan, EAM S Jaishankar also said that India’s engagement will be driven by its historical friendship with the Afghan people.
In their first in-person talks after Biden became the US President, the two leaders are expected to focus on bolstering bilateral trade and investment ties, strengthening defence and security collaboration and boosting the strategic clean energy partnership, Shringla said sharing details of Modi's "official working visit" to the US from September 22-25.
India has been at the forefront in fighting against the pandemic, through national efforts, multilateral and plurilateral cooperation.
On climate change, Tirumurti said India is the only G-20 country which is on course to meet the Paris Targets.
The number of overground workers (OGWs) in the Valley has halved compared to the previous years and no local militant is active in Kupwara, Baramulla and Sopore.
The Biden administration's "over-the-horizon" strategy in Afghanistan is drawing serious questions from lawmakers and counterterrorism experts.
Nineteen Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial aeroplanes on September 11, 2001.
Police sources said following specific information about presence of militants in Barote village of Thanamandi area in Rajouri district.
The two countries held their first India-Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on Saturday. India's Minister of Defence, Rajnath Singh, and Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar, welcomed Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne, and Minister for Defence Peter Dutton MP, to New Delhi for the meeting.
The Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council also reacted on Joseph Kallarangatt statements saying, "Fact that money from drug trafficking is being used for terror activities has been made clear in UN reports. It's fitting that Pala Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt's words shouldn't be made controversial, but should be discussed responsibly in public."
According to reports, he used to send photographs of the Army's important documents and confidential documents to the Pakistani intelligence agency.
Seven people were injured including three people in critical condition during the Islamic State (IS)-inspired terrorist attack at Countdown supermarket in western Auckland suburb New Lynn on Friday afternoon.
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