Pakistan’s Imran Khan Approves Military Response If India Attacks
- Pakistan’s Imran Khan Approves Military Response If India Attacks
by https://www.aljazeera.com/
Islamabad authorises ‘decisive and comprehensive’ reply to any Indian aggression as tensions over Kashmir attack soar.
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The Pakistani government has authorised its military to “respond decisively and comprehensively to any aggression or misadventure” by neighbouring India, as tensions soar between the nuclear-armed rivals.
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India has vowed a “jaw-breaking response” to a suicide bombing in the disputed Kashmir region last week that killed 42 Indian soldiers – the worst such attack since the start of an armed rebellion in 1989.
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the order in a government statement released after a meeting of his National Security Committee on Thursday. It said Pakistan was “not involved in any way, means or form” in the attack which it said was “conceived, planned and executed indigenously”.
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In the statement, Pakistan reiterated its offer to help investigate the attack and to take action against anyone found to be using the Pakistani soil for attacks on India.Pakistan also offered to hold a “dialogue” with India on all issues, including terrorism. Earlier, it had demanded India provide evidence for its claims that it supports Kashmiri rebel groups.
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India and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, have been fighting for seven decades over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, now one of the most militarised zones in the world. India has long accused Pakistan of harbouring and aiding armed rebels who target its forces in Kashmir.
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