Pahalgam Terror Assault: Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, in an interview with Sky Information, admitted that Pakistan has been funding and supporting terrorist organisations and alleged that they’ve been doing the ‘soiled work’ for the USA.
This comes after the terrorist assault rendered a massacre in Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 26 vacationers.
Pakistani Defence Minister Statements
A video of the interview went viral on social media, wherein the Pakistan Defence Minister is requested by the information anchor if he admits that Pakistan has a historical past of supporting, coaching, and funding terrorist teams.
The anchor requested, ” However you do admit, you do admit, sir, that Pakistan has had an extended historical past of backing and supporting and coaching and funding these terrorist organisations?”
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To the query, Asif replied that Pakistan has been doing the “soiled work” for the US and the West, together with Britain, for 3 a long time.
Asif mentioned, “Now we have been doing this soiled work for the USA for about 3 a long time… and the west, together with Britain… That was a mistake, and we suffered for that, and that’s the reason you might be saying this to me. If we had not joined the battle in opposition to the Soviet Union and afterward the battle after 9/11, Pakistan’s monitor document was unimpeachable.”
The Pakistani Defence Minister additionally warned of an “all-out battle” between India and Pakistan and mentioned {that a} “conflict between two nuclear powers is all the time worrisome”. He alleged that the assault was “staged” and that Pakistan condemns terrorism.
Pahalgam Assault and India’s Measures
After the Pahalgam assault by terrorists, Indian Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri knowledgeable concerning the a number of diplomatic measures that India was taking in opposition to Pakistan.
In a gathering of the Cupboard Committee on Safety, the cross-border linkages of the terrorist assault had been introduced and it was famous that this incident occurred after elections had been held efficiently within the Union Territory.
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Following the Pahalgam assault, the Central authorities introduced the measures, together with the closing of the Built-in Verify Publish (ICP) at Attari, suspending the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES) for Pakistani nationals, giving them 40 hours to return to their nation, lowering the variety of officers within the Excessive Commissions on each side, and suspending Indus Water Treaty.
(with ANI inputs)