Pakistan's terror monsters now wreak havoc in its own backyard: India at UN
India utilized a UN General Assembly committee to criticize Pakistan, alleging that the terror networks Islamabad previously supported are now destabilizing Pakistan itself. The statement follows a diplomatic exchange between the two nations regarding regional security.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing diplomatic friction between India and Pakistan and the use of international forums to influence global perception of state-sponsored terrorism.
NEW DELHI: India used the UN stage to turn Pakistan’s own words against it, arguing that the terror networks Islamabad once nurtured have now come back to haunt their own backyard, a reality, New Delhi said, that even Pakistan’s leaders have begun to acknowledge. India also urged the international community to take stronger action against states accused of sponsoring terrorism.Speaking at the UN General Assembly’s Sixth Committee, which deals with legal affairs, India’s first secretary Raghoo Puri said Pakistan had long portrayed itself as both a victim and a frontline state in the fight against terrorism."Pakistan has presented itself as a frontline state in combating terrorism and as a victim, while masking the fact that the Frankenstein’s (monster) the Pakistani state has created and lost control over have moved from wreaking havoc in neighbouring countries to doing the same in Pakistan," Puri said on Wednesday."This was exposed recently by a…
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