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Pakistani FM claims India is behind terrorist groups in Balochistan province Pakistani FM claims India is behind terrorist groups in Balochistan province
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New Delhi sponsors terrorist activities in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan Province in an attempt to destabilize the situation in country, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi said. New Delhi sponsors terrorism in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, the nation’s foreign minister claims, in line with a long history of the two states trading accusations of using militant groups against each other.
India is involved in the terrorist attacks in Balochistan, the minister told local media on Tuesday, adding that terrorists use the territories of Iran and Afghanistan to conduct raids against the country. India is involved in the terrorist attacks in Balochistan, Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi told local media on Tuesday, adding that terrorists use the territories of Iran and Afghanistan to conduct raids against the country. The reports didn’t specify whether the minister provided any evidence of these allegations.
His comments came amid the tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad, which escalated dramatically in February following an Indian airstrike on Pakistani soil. India said it was targeting the camps of Islamist militants, who bombed its servicemen in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir. Pakistan, in turn, accused its neighbor of violating its sovereignty. The flare-up led to cross-border shelling and open aerial combat between the nations. Officials in New Delhi, meanwhile, have been accusing Islamabad of having “a direct hand” in terrorist attacks on Indian soil and of “inaction” when it comes to combating Pakistan-based militants. The tension in the region escalated dramatically in February after India ordered an airstrike against Pakistan. The flare-up then led to cross-border shelling and open air combat between the neighbors.
India said that it was targeting the training camps of militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 40 policemen in Pulwama on the Indian-controlled part of disputed Kashmir. Indian intelligence services passed a “detailed dossier” to Pakistan, reportedly containing the evidence of extensive JeM presence on its territory.
Balochistan is Pakistan’s southwestern province, bordering Afghanistan. Several terrorist and insurgency groups operate in the region. Last week, gunmen stopped several buses near the remote town of Ormara and killed 14 passengers, all of whom were military personnel. On April 12, a bomb went off at an open market in Quetta, also in Balochistan, killing 21 civilians. Pakistan arrested several dozen suspected militants in March, including close relatives of the JeM leader, but dismissed the Indian-provided dossier as “mostly social media.” India’s Foreign Ministry responded by saying that Islamabad “continues to be in denial” by failing to admit the link between JeM and the Pulwama bombing.
Pakistan blamed the Ormara attack on the insurgency group Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS). The officials claimed the militants were operating from Iran and accused Tehran of “inaction” against terrorists. Iran condemned the killing of Pakistani servicemen and agreed to create a joint border “reaction force,” after the nation’s president Hassan Rouhani met Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday. Islamabad continues to face problems in its southwestern Balochistan province, bordering Afghanistan. Several terrorist and insurgency groups operate there. Last week, gunmen stopped several buses near the remote town of Ormara and killed 14 passengers, who were mostly military personnel. On April 12, a bomb went off at an open market in Quetta, also in Balochistan, killing 21 civilians.
Pakistan blamed the Ormara attack on the insurgency group Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS). The officials claimed the militants were operating from Iran and accused Tehran of “inaction” against terrorists. Iran condemned the killing of Pakistani servicemen and agreed to create a joint border “reaction force,” after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday.
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