Pakistan has raised the issue of the recent US drone strike that killed the Afghan Taliban chief, in the UN Security Council, describing it as an “unacceptable and blatant violation of its sovereignty” and of the UN charter and international law.
Speaking in the quarterly debate on Afghanistan in the Council, Pakistan’s Ambassador Maleeha lodhi said the Afghan peace process was undermined by the US drone attack of May 21 which killed Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Balochistan province close to the Afghan border.
This action has dealt “a blow to the Afghan peace process” and added to the intensity and complexity of the Afghan conflict, she added.