Pakistan tells UN Security Council militant groups in Afghanistan threaten global security

Pakistan’s envoy to the United Nations Security Council warned that militant groups operating from Afghanistan pose a threat not only to Pakistan but to the wider region and the world.

Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said groups such as Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Islamic State Khorasan, and Al-Qaeda have found safe havens inside Afghanistan and use them to launch attacks against Pakistan.

He said Islamabad had hoped that the Taliban would become a responsible government after...