New Delhi: Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, has escalated the rhetoric against India and the Afghan Taliban, accusing both of working in tandem through ‘militant proxies’ to destabilise Pakistan.
Speaking at the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad’s Kakul, Munir said Saturday that Pakistan would respond forcefully if ‘proxies’ continued to operate from across the border.
“We will never be intimidated nor coerced by your rhetoric and shall respond decisively, beyond proportions, to even a minor provocation, without any qualms. Our adversary’s use of Fitna al-Hind and Fitna al-Khawarij as hired guns exposes its … hypocritical and heinous face to the world. Equally disconcerting is use of Afghan soil for terrorism in Pakistan,” he said. Show Full Article
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