India slams UN's 'time warp' for dodging ban on Jaish chief Masood Azhar

November 08, 2016 11:32

India has accused the UN's top decision-making body of being stuck in a "time warp and politics" as it argued its case for a ban on terrorist Masood Azhar, who heads the Jaish-e-Mohammed.

Though the UN Security Council has blacklisted the Jaish, it has not placed Azhar, 48, on a list of individuals and groups linked to the al Qaeda or Islamic State.

Twice this year, China, one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, has blocked India's move to ban Azhar, in what is seen as a big favour to Pakistan, its long-term ally.

India has accused the Jaish-E-Mohammed of two deadly terror attacks this year - on an air force base in Pathankot in January, and at an army camp in Uri in September. 26 military personnel were killed in the two strikes.

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