India Shreds 'Rogue State' Pak At UN

Cites Pak defence minister's 'open confession' to funding terror outfits Video shows operator chanted 'Allahu Akbar' during Baisaran carnage

- FAYAZ WANI @ Srinagar

INDIA has branded Pakistan a "rogue state" at the United Nations, citing Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif's "open confession" to funding and supporting terrorist groups.

The strong rebuke came just days after the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed 26 lives — the highest civilian toll in a single attack since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Yojna Patel, responded firmly. "It is unfortunate that one particular delegation has chosen to misuse and undermine this forum to indulge in propaganda and make baseless allegations against India. The whole world has heard Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitting and confessing Pakistan's history of supporting, training and funding terrorist organisations in a recent television interview," she said.

In a televised interview with Sky News, Asif openly admitted that Pakistan had long supported militant groups and said: "We have been doing this dirty work for the United States for about three decades and the West, including Britain. That was a mistake, and we suffered for that... If we had not joined the war against the Soviet Union and later on the war after 9/11, Pakistan's track record was unimpeachable."