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Online Desk: India is using state-sponsored terrorism as a policy against Pakistan, especially in Balochistan, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Wednesday. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera TV, the military spokesperson said India’s support for terrorist activities is aimed at destabilising Pakistan’s security, particularly in the volatile region of Balochistan.
“These nefarious designs of India are a systematic conspiracy to destabilise Pakistan, especially in Balochistan,” he said. He added that India had admitted multiple times to supporting terrorism within Pakistan. Lt Gen Chaudhry reiterated that Pakistan views any aggression against its sovereign territory as a direct threat to regional stability.
“India’s political leadership has repeatedly admitted to supporting terrorism in Pakistan,” said Gen Chaudhry, naming Ajit Doval, India’s National Security Advisor, as the mastermind behind New Delhi’s network of state-sponsored terrorism.The military spokesperson also referred to the recent attack in Waziristan, claimed by the proscribed TTP, which martyred 16 Pakistani soldiers and injured over 20 others.
Pakistan has consistently maintained that India is directly involved in such attacks. “India is supporting and financing terrorist activities in Pakistan,” reiterated Gen Chaudhry while speaking to Al Jazeera TV.
The term ‘Khawarij’ has been widely used by Pakistan’s military and media recently to refer to armed groups that attack the state and its military forces. The current Fitna al-Khawarij is a continuation of the misguided ideology that has historically led to the killing of Muslims under a false religious narrative,” he said. In Islam, only the state has the authority to wage holy war (jihad) or engage in combat, and no individual, organisation, or group has this power, he said.
