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Pakistan urges international community to enact arms control to stop influx of modern weapons to BLA, TTP

Islamabad, Apr 6 (UNI) Faced with rising armed attacks by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Pakistan has urged the international community to enact strong arms control measures to prevent the outfits from receiving advanced weaponry which they have used to inflict massive casualties on the Pakistani military.
Pakistani diplomat Syed Atif Raza, a counsellor for the Pakistan Mission to the United Nations, told an Arria-Formula meeting of the UN Security Council, convened by Sierra Leone that "Terrorist armed groups are in possession of billions worth of illicit arms abandoned in Afghanistan,” according to The Express Tribune.
Speaking in a debate on 'Small Arms and Light Weapons Management in UN Sanctions Regimes', the Pakistani delegate said such armaments were being used by the TTP and BLA outfits in violence against civilians and the armed forces of Pakistan.
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