Overview
- At a UN General Assembly event on the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, Pakistan’s envoy labeled India “the world’s biggest Islamophobic state” and called for punishment over lynchings and mosque demolitions.
- India’s ambassador rejected the accusation as fabricated, citing Pakistan’s repression of Ahmadiyyas, refoulement of Afghans, and what he described as air-bombing campaigns in Afghanistan during Ramadan.
- India argued the OIC has been used against it and urged the UN to avoid single‑faith approaches in favor of frameworks that protect all religions.
- Afghan authorities and Taliban spokespeople alleged a strike on Kabul’s Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital with hundreds killed and injured, while Pakistan and local media denied a hospital hit and said only militant sites were targeted.
- UN Secretary‑General António Guterres called for joint efforts to counter anti‑Muslim hate and to reject narratives of fear and exclusion.