India’s core challenges with Pakistan stem directly from the country’s powerful military establishment, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Saturday, arguing that much of the hostility and terrorism India faces “actually emanates from the Pakistani Army”.

Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit , the EAM said Pakistan’s military has long shaped an ideology of entrenched animosity towards India, backing terror groups, training camps and policies that have defined the relationship.

“I think for us, the reality of the Pakistani Army has always been and much of our problems actually emanate from them. When you look at the terrorism, when you look at the training camps, when you look at the sort of a policy of almost ideological hostility towards India, where does that c

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