Beijing, thwarting India's efforts
for imposing ban on Jaish-e-Mohamad chief Masood Azhar, has defended its
decision in UN. Chinese has said that there were differences to consider
application of ban on Masood, and its decision will provide more time to the
sides to review the matter.
The expressing reaction on
criticism by India the Chinese foreign ministry has said that the members
committee of countries no.1267 must reckon on the application given with the
relevant proposal of the special needs to the UNSC. While India had said that
the second technical by China on the effort path to Azhar's ban will
give a dangerous message.
What China says about terrorism in UNSC
According to ‘Daily Out
Look’, an Afgani English daily on Saturday last week says, “A Chinese envoy on
Tuesday called for a stronger response from the international community to
counter the cross-border movement of foreign terrorist fighters.
Wu Haitao, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, made the appeal here at a meeting on counter-terrorism, noting that the frequent cross-border flow of foreign terrorist fighters has caused ever greater harm to international security and stability.
Wu Haitao, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, made the appeal here at a meeting on counter-terrorism, noting that the frequent cross-border flow of foreign terrorist fighters has caused ever greater harm to international security and stability.
Foreign terrorist
fighters are individuals who travel to a state other than their states of
residence or nationality for the purpose of participating in terrorist acts.”
Who is Azhar Masood
In early 1994,
Azhar traveled to Srinagar to ease tensions between Harkat-ul-Ansar's feuding
factions of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.India arrested
him in February and imprisoned him for his terrorist activities with the groups.
In 1995, foreign
tourists were kidnapped in Jammu and Kashmir. The kidnappers, referring to them
as Al-Faran, included the release of Masood Azhar among their demands. One of
the hostages managed to escape but the rest were eventually killed.
In December 1999,
he was freed by the Indian government in exchange for passengers on the
hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 (IC814) that had eventually landed in Kandahar,
Afghanistan, which at the time the Taliban controlled. The hijackers of IC814
were led by Masood Azhar's brother, Ibrahim Athar.
Azhar was born in Bahawalpur,
Punjab on 10 July 1968 as one of ten siblings although some sources list his
birth date as 7 August 1968 as the third of 11 children. Azhar's father, Allah
Bakhsh Shabbir, was the headmaster at a government-run school, and his family
operated a dairy and poultry farm.
Who was ruling in Afganistan during
1999
When Muhammad
Zia-ul-Haq became President of Pakistan he feared that the Soviets were
planning to invade Balochistan, Pakistan so he garnered support for the Afghan
resistance against Soviet occupation forces.
In the meantime,
the United States and Saudi Arabia joined the struggle against the Soviet Union
by providing all the funds.
Zia-ul-Haq, with
the help of Pakistan's Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, led the insurgency against the
Soviet Union inside Afghanistan. About 90,000 Afghans, including Mohammed Omar,
were trained by Pakistan's ISI during the 1980s.
The Taliban were
largely founded by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during 1994.
The I.S.I. used the Taliban to establish a regime in Afghanistan which would be
favorable to Pakistan.
The Taliban
entered Kabul on September 27, 1996, and established the Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan.
How does Afgan
government react about Pak
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Adviser to the
Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday opened a meeting of the
Quadrilateral Coordination Committee (QCC) aimed at reviving the Afghan peace
process.
The QCC
interaction ─ comprising Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States
(US) ─ reflects an important consensus on the roadmap for peace talks. Taliban
representatives have not been invited to the talks, vowing to talk only to the
US and not to the Afghan government.
Pakistan was among
three countries that recognised the Taliban’s 1996-2001 regimes and Kabul has
long accused Islamabad of continuing to covertly support the group in their
insurgency.
Pakistan, however,
maintains its influence over the Taliban is overrated. "Even at the best
of times they (Taliban) didn't listen to us," Sartaj Aziz told The
Associated Press.
China is only of
15 members UNSC that has opposed the ban on Azhar. It claims that the
application by India against Azhar has different opinion. The ministry in a
written reply regarding the question of India’s strong reaction has said, “There
is still different opinion on the application filed this year in March. The
technical preventing will enable the committee to review and provide more time
to the parties. ‘Review’ means: ‘India
and Pakistan will deal the matter directly’.
China
had opposed first time on application by India 6 months ago after the alleged
involvement of Azhar in Pathankot terror
attack. On second time this week, China extended 3 months more time to review
this matter.
