There are no terrorist safe havens in Pakistan, a senior diplomat has told the UN Security Council during a discussion on the security situation in Afghanistan.


The denial from Pakistan came at a time when, both US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have warned Islamabad of having terror safe havens in its soil.


"There are no such safe havens. The only havens that exist for the insurgents -- and for Daesh and other terrorists -are within the 40 per cent of Afghan territory, which is outside the control of the Afghan government," Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi said in her address to an open debate on Afghanistan. Lodhi told the Security Council that peace will not be restored by the continuing resort to military force.
-- PTI