New Delhi: India on Thursday rejected Pakistan’s allegations that it supported Afghan groups in attacks on Pakistani soil, describing the claims as entirely baseless.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) accused Islamabad of attempting to deflect attention from its own internal security issues.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in his weekly briefing, said Pakistan has long blamed India for its own problems.
“We reject such baseless allegations. It has become second nature for Pakistan to blame India for its misdeeds. As a state sponsor of terrorism for decades, Pakistan has zero credibility when it comes to cross-border terrorism. No amount of storytelling is going to alter this reality, nor is anyone fooled by Pakistan’s assumed victimhood,” Jaiswal said in a video post on X.
The comments came after Pakistani officials claimed Indian support for Afghan militants involved in attacks inside Pakistan. Islamabad has repeatedly made similar allegations in the past but has not provided verifiable evidence.
Tensions along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border have escalated in recent weeks. Pakistani airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan targeted camps of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Islamic State-Khorasan, which Afghan authorities said resulted in civilian casualties and violated their sovereignty.
India maintains that Pakistan’s claims are part of a recurring effort to externalise its domestic security failures, rather than addressing the root causes of militant violence within its borders. The MEA has consistently highlighted this pattern, calling it an attempt to shift blame and project a false image of victimhood.
