India denounces Pakistan over aiding 'worst of humanity' 9/11 al-Qaida terror leaders

India has denounced Pakistan over its links with the worst of humanity the alQaida terrorists who killed thousands in the US 25 years ago in the September 11 attacksRecalling the Security Councils visit to the hallowed 911 memorial last week Indias Permanent Representative P Harish said on Wednesday local time May the memory of these victims always remain a motivation to not only fight against all such individuals who are the worst of humanity but also those who aid abet finance and support their crimesDiplomatically he did not name Pakistan while speaking at the Councils meeting on the situation in Afghanistan but listed the alQaida terrorist leaders behind the 911 attack who received its assistance and protection to drive home Islamabads linkAlQaida terrorists hijacked four planes on September 11 2001 and rammed two of them into New Yorks World Trade Centre and one into the Pentagon in the Washington areaAnother plane that was likely headed to Washington crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers overpowered the hijackers foiling the planned attackHarish also drew attention to the axis of terror of Pakistan alQaida and the terrorists attacking IndiaThe same permissive environment that sheltered the architects of 911 has in the years since continued to provide space support and impunity to affiliates of Al Qaeda such as LashkareTaiba and JaisheMohammed and their like he saidThey continue to operate using different identities to escape Councils sanctions and their terror training infrastructure continues to operate with impunity he saidThe international community must act against the continued existence of such sanctuaries he said to ensure that more such individuals are not thrust upon any country or its citizens and no one loses family and loved onesThe LashkareTayiba carried out the Mumbai massacres in 2008 and its proxy The Resistance Front took responsibility for the religiously motivated attack on tourists in Pahalgam in 2025 while there have been scores of other attacks by the Pakistanbased groups through the decadesTo facilitate the 911 attacks Harish reminded the Council alQaidas terror ecosystem established its strategic depth beyond Afghanistan through its affiliates and the leaders of alQaida who conceived and directed these 911 attacks did not escape justice in the wilderness of some ungoverned frontierThe strategic depth of thenAfghanistanbased alQaida was in PakistanHarish identified the terrorists found living in Pakistan but did not name the place they were found inThis is the list of terror leaders he mentioned and IANS has added the places they were discovered living with Pakistani protection and when they were captured Osama bin Laden who ordered and financed the plot was tracked down to a fortified compound in Abbottabad by an elite team of US Navy SEALs in Operation Neptune Spear in 2011 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 911s principal architect was out by the Central Intelligence Agency at a house in Rawalpindi in 2013 Ramzi Binalshibh who coordinated the terrorists who hijacked the four jetliners for the 911 attack was sheltering in Karachi when he was found in 2002 He was known as the 20th hijacker because he could not get a US visa to join the terrorist team Walid bin Attash the senior alQaida leader who helped select and prepare several hijackers was captured in Karachi in 2003 Mustafa Ahmed alHawsawi who was in charge of the finances and logistics of the 911 attack was discovered in Rawalpindi in 2003They were not fugitives hiding in caves or badlands they were men who had long evaded detection Harish saidCalling for action against Pakistan for supporting and sheltering terrorists Harish said Draining this swamp that provided an enabling environment for such monsters of humankind to prosper is importantThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever