UNSC condemns Kohat terrorist attack

Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have condemned the "heinous and cowardly suicide bombing" at a mosque in Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, last week, which was claimed by a terrorist group linked to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

The reprehensible act of terrorism resulted in the deaths of at least 24 Pakistani nationals, including 17 law-enforcement personnel, and injuries to at least 88 others. UNSC members expressed their sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims.

According to a statement released by UNSC President Jerome Bonnafont of France, members of the Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constituted one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.

They underlined the need to hold the perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of such reprehensible acts of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice, and urged all states to actively cooperate with the government of Pakistan in this regard.

"The members of the Security Council reiterated that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed," the statement said.

"They reaffirmed the need for all States to combat by all means, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and other obligations under international law, including international human rights law, international refugee law and international humanitarian law, threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts."