Pakistan demands UN probe into how TTP militants acquired advanced military equipment

Pakistan demands UN probe into how TTP militants acquired advanced military equipment

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Thu, 2023-12-21 10:59

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador Munir Akram, Islamabad’s permanent representative to the United Nations, has called for a UN probe into how the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has carried out some of the deadliest militant attacks in the South Asian country in recent months, has acquired advanced weapons.

Pakistani top officials, including caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, have said US military equipment left behind during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan has made its way to the TTP, or Pakistani Taliban.

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