New York - Afghanistan has become the 'worst victim' of terrorism, which has indiscriminately killed civilians, shut down schools and mosques, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the UN General Assembly Wednesday.

'We have seen terrorism rebounding as terrorists have infiltrated our borders to step up their murderous campaign against our people,' Karzai said.

'Terrorism sees, in the prosperity of the Afghan people, its ultimate defeat,' he said.

Karzai urged international assistance to help combat terrorism, which he said emanated from beyond Afghan borders. He said military action alone cannot defeat terrorism.

'We must destroy terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghanistan, dismantle the elaborate networks in the region that recruit, indoctrinate, train, finance, arm, and deploy terrorists,' he said.

More than 200,000 students have lost their schools and polio cases jumped to 27 this year, from four last year, because terrorist activities prevented health workers from reaching children, Karzai said.

Karzai also pledged his government would fight to eliminate poppy cultivation, which the UN said had reached record crop this year. The thriving narcotic trade has fuelled the ongoing war and is one of the main sources of funding for terrorism, he said.

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