Overview
- Adopting Resolution 2816 under Chapter VII, the Council extended the Monitoring Team’s mandate for 12 months to track compliance with the 1988 Taliban sanctions regime and report instances of noncompliance.
- Pakistan’s UN envoy Asim Iftikhar endorsed the renewal, urged the Taliban to curb TTP, BLA, ISIL-K and Al-Qaida, and said Islamabad will pursue follow-up with UN members, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif slated to attend a Feb. 19 BoP meeting in Washington.
- The Monitoring Team reported that TTP enjoys greater liberty and support from Afghanistan’s de facto authorities, enabling more complex cross-border attacks, including a Nov. 11 Islamabad courthouse attack that killed 12.
- The report details Al-Qaida’s role as a “service provider” to allied groups, BLA strikes on CPEC targets including a Sept. 16 convoy ambush that killed 32 troops, and limited TTP setbacks such as Mufti Muzahim’s death in October.
- Member State inputs cited ETIM/TIP fundraising through poppy cultivation and mining, free movement and concentration in Badakhshan, and about 250 members reportedly joining Taliban police in 2025, with some states noting cooperation among TTP, ISIL-K and the BLA.