It says India has been actively aiding and sponsoring terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil against Pakistan.
Pakistan on Wednesday rejected India’s criticism of its recent “targeted and proportionate” actions against terrorist infrastructure in Afghanistan, calling New Delhi’s comments “baseless” and accusing India of supporting terrorist groups operating against Pakistan.
“Pakistan rejects the Indian Foreign Ministry’s baseless statement regarding Pakistan’s legitimate, targeted and proportionate actions against terrorist infrastructure in Afghanistan,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said in response to a media query seeking Pakistan’s reaction to the statement made by the Indian External Affairs Ministry on June 29.
He described India’s comments as “absurd”, alleging that India had “historically interfered with and undermined the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its neighboring countries, in contravention of the United Nations Charter”.
The spokesperson also accused India of continuing to “suppress the right to self-determination of Kashmiris in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir in violation of relevant UN resolutions.”
Andrabi further said that India had “been actively aiding and sponsoring terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil against Pakistan, in violation of the relevant sanctions regime of the UN Security Council”, and accused New Delhi of continuing to “play the role of regional spoiler”.
He added that “his baseless accusations and inflammatory statements against Pakistan should not be accepted.”
Reiterating Islamabad’s position, the spokesperson said Pakistan “has taken and will continue to take all appropriate measures to maintain the security of its citizens in accordance with international law.”
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Earlier in the week, security forces had carried out precision strikes against terrorist camps and safe havens of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Fitna al-Khawarij in the Afghan provinces of Paktia, Paktika and Kunar, killing 29 terrorists.
The attacks were carried out as part of Operation Ghazab Lil Haq. on the night of June 28-29 following an attack on a Rangers camp in Karachi. In a post on X, Information Minister Ata Tarar said the attacks eliminated terrorists and destroyed stockpiles of weapons and ammunition.
Tarar said security forces continued Operation Ghazab Lil Haq after a series of terror attacks in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan, and at a Sindh Rangers camp in Karachi.
The attacks came after security forces foiled a terror attack on a Sindh Rangers camp in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Karachi. Three Rangers personnel were martyred and four others were injured during the assault, while three terrorists were killed and another, identified as an Afghan national, was captured wounded. The military attributed the attack to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.
Fitna al-Khawarij is the state-designated term for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar It is one of the breakaway factions of the group.
Operation Ghazab Lil Haq was launched in late February following fresh clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, after Afghan Taliban forces fired at multiple locations, prompting swift military retaliation by Pakistan.
In April, Pakistan presented three key demands to the Afghan Taliban during peace talks in Urumqi, China, including formally declaring Kabul the TTP as a terrorist organization, dismantling its infrastructure, and presenting verifiable evidence of the action. The demands form the basis of Pakistan’s negotiating position, which sources say has hardened amid persistent security concerns.
