After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan is also scared of India’s tough stance. The movement in the neighboring country is fast and in the meantime a big claim has come up. Pakistan’s Defense Minister has admitted that his country is giving funding and support to terrorist groups.
In a video clip, which has now gone viral, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Sky News is interacting with Yalda Hakim, when Hakim asks him, “But you believe that, Sir, Pakistan has a long history of supporting, training and financing these terrorist organizations?”
In his reply, Khwaja Asif said, “We have been doing this dirty work for Western countries including America and Britain for nearly three decades … It was a mistake and we had to pay its price and that’s why you are saying this to me. If we were not involved in the war against the Soviet Union and later the War after the 9/11, then the track record of Pakistan would have been evil.”
The Pakistani Defense Minister has also warned of a “whole war” with India in an interview to Sky News presenter Yalda Hakim. Asif’s statement highlights the fact that Pakistan has been sheltering these terrorist groups for many years.
Earlier, India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri had said that the cabinet committee meeting on security matters brought the border relations to the border. It was noted that this attack has been successfully in view of successful elections in the Union Territory and its continuous progress towards economic growth and development.
After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, in which 26 people were killed, the central government had announced several diplomatic measures, such as closing the integrated check post (ICP) in Attari, suspending the SAARC Visa Rebate Scheme (SVES) for Pakistani citizens, giving them 40 hours to return to their country, and reduced the number of officers on both parties.
India also stopped the Indus Water Treaty signed in 1960 after the Pahalgam attack.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also assured the country that along with the terrorists responsible for this attack, the conspiracys will be punished beyond their imagination. The Prime Minister said that the time has come to end the remaining strongholds of terrorism and the will of 140 crore Indians will now break the back of the culprits of terror.
