Archive · 17 Sep 2026
India Challenges Pakistan At UN Over 9/11 Safe Havens
India criticized Pakistan during a United Nations Security Council meeting about Afghanistan.
India said important Al-Qaeda members and people involved in the September 11 attacks were found in Pakistani towns and cities.
It said they were not simply hiding in distant caves.
Osama bin Laden was found and killed in Abbottabad in 2011.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured in Rawalpindi, while other figures were captured in Karachi or elsewhere in Pakistan.
India said groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed still create security concerns.
It called for the larger networks that help terrorists to be dismantled.
India also asked for more help for Afghans returning to Afghanistan and criticized obstacles to Afghan trade and transit.
India accused Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council of allowing a permissive environment for terrorist groups.
India said senior 9/11 and Al-Qaeda figures were found in Pakistani cities and settled communities, not remote caves.
The remarks cited Osama bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi Binalshibh, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi.
India linked continuing concerns to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed and called for broader terrorist ecosystems to be dismantled.
India also urged international support for Afghan returnees and condemned restrictions on Afghanistan’s trade and transit.
- Who
- India, represented by Permanent Representative Harish Parvathaneni, criticized Pakistan and cited Al-Qaeda figures and groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.
- What
- India accused Pakistan of providing environments that shelter or support terrorist organizations and called for those broader networks to be dismantled.
- When
- The remarks were made on a Wednesday during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Afghanistan; the article places them around the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
- Where
- The remarks were made at the United Nations Security Council and referred to Pakistan, including Abbottabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad and Karachi.
- Why
- India said terrorist organizations and their leaders continue to benefit from sanctuary, support and impunity, while also citing humanitarian and trade concerns affecting Afghanistan.
- Forum
- United Nations Security Council meeting on Afghanistan
- Indian representative
- Harish Parvathaneni, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations
- Key accusation
- India said a permissive environment in Pakistan had sheltered Al-Qaeda figures and continued to support terrorist affiliates.
- Osama bin Laden
- He was killed in a fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2011.
- Other locations cited
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured in Rawalpindi; Ramzi Binalshibh and Walid bin Attash were captured in Karachi; other arrests were linked to Pakistan.
- Groups highlighted
- Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed
- Afghanistan concerns
- India said returns should be voluntary, safe and dignified and supported measures including tariff-free Afghan goods access and an air freight corridor.
