UN Designated Terror Groups LeT, JeM Need To Be Called Out: Foreign Secretary

Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed as well as the Haqqani Network are proscribed terror entities under UNSC resolution 1267 (1999) concerning ISIS (Da'esh), Al Qaeda, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities.

Pakistan-based terror groups Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba are UN Security Council proscribed terror entities that need to be called out and condemned in the strongest possible terms, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said. Addressing the media at the UN Security Council stakeout on Monday, Mr Shringla underlined that the Council resolution on Afghanistan, adopted under India's Presidency, refers to individuals and terror entities designated by the world organisation. Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed as well as the Haqqani Network are proscribed terror entities under UNSC resolution 1267 (1999) concerning ISIS (Da'esh), Al Qaeda, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities. JeM founder Masood Azhar and LeT chief Hafiz Saeed are also listed as global terrorists under the 1267 Sanctions regime.