Published on, Sept. 27 -- September 27, 2025 2:00 PM

Pakistan, China, Iran and Russia have jointly voiced alarm over the growing threat of terrorist organisations operating from Afghan soil, urging Kabul to take decisive measures against them.

The rare four-nation statement followed the quadripartite meeting on Afghanistan, convened by Russia on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York. The joint declaration highlighted groups such as Al-Qaeda, the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and others as a serious danger to regional and global security.

The four sides called on Afghan authorities to launch "effective, concrete and verifiable" actions against militant netw...