Afghan territory should not be used for training and sheltering terrorists: Deputy NSA Misri

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Afghan territory should not be used for sheltering, training, planning or financing terrorist acts, especially by individuals proscribed by the UN Security Council including those from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), India’s Deputy NSA Vikram Misri said on Friday. Misri’s reference to the two Pakistan-based terrorist groups in an address at a conclave in the Kyrgyz capital city of Bishkek came against the backdrop of New Delhi’s apprehensions over the possibility of LeT and JeM using Afghan soil to launch attacks on India. The deputy NSA also flagged concerns over trafficking of drugs calling it a “serious menace” for the...