New Delhi:
Pahalgam Terror Attack Updates: India brought up the Pahalagam terror attack, in which 26 people were killed, the largest number of civilian casualties since the horrific 26/11 Mumbai attacks in 2008, at the United Nations. Calling itself the “victim of cross border terrorism”, India flagged the Pakistan Defence Minister’s “open confession” to training and funding terrorists.
Ambassador Yojna Patel, India’s Deputy Permanent Representative at the UN, said his confession was not surprising and it exposed Pakistan as a “rogue state” that has been fuelling global terrorism.
“The world can no longer turn a blind eye,” added Ambassador Patel.
On the sidelines, on the night of April 28-29, Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir for the fifth consecutive night. However, the Indian Army responded in a “measured and effective” manner, officials said.
The firing took place in areas opposite Kupwara and Baramulla districts, as well as the Akhnoor sector.
On Monday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the security security preparedness in Jammu and Kashmir following the Pahalgam terror attack. The meeting came a day after Mr Singh met the Chief of General Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan to discuss the key decisions taken up by the military to counter Pakistan following the horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam.
25 tourists and a Kashmiri local were shot dead in cold blood at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam on April 22. This was one of the most ghastly terror attacks in the Kashmir Valley since Article 370 was revoked.
