In a direct hit at Islamabad, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar called Pakistan an epicentre of global terrorism in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Saturday. “India has confronted this challenge since Independence, having a neighbour that is an epicentre of global terrorism,” he said.

Recalling the Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 dead in April, Jaishankar said, “While asserting our rights, we must also firmly face up to threats. For decades now, major international terrorist attacks have been traced back to that one country. UN-designated lists of terrorists are replete with its nationals. The most recent example of cross-border barbarism was the murder of innocent tourists in Pahalgam in April this year. India exercised its right to defend its peop

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