Overview
- Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi labeled India’s comments on Pakistan’s actions in Afghanistan “absurd, unwarranted and shamefully hypocritical.”
- Pakistan alleged India supports militant networks from Afghan territory, naming Fitna-al-Khawarij and Fitna-al-Hindustan as examples.
- India’s Ministry of External Affairs had accused Pakistan of causing civilian casualties with air strikes in Afghanistan.
- Islamabad said it will continue measures in self-defence consistent with international law, including the UN Charter.
- Officials said Operation Ghazab Lil Haq followed Taliban fire, with recent frontier clashes described as the worst since October and land borders largely shut.