At UN, India Slams Pakistan as ‘Rogue State’ Over Defence Minister’s Confession

India Slams Pakistan: India said that the open confession of Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitting to his country’s history of supporting and funding terrorist organisations exposes Pakistan as a "rogue state" fuelling global destabilising the region.

At the launch of the Victims of Terrorism Association Network in New York, India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Yojna Patel, described India as a “victim of cross-border terrorism” and referenced Pakistan Defence Minister Khwaja Asif’s ‘open confession’ about Pakistan’s history of supporting terrorist organisations. “The whole world has heard Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif admitting and confessing Pakistan’s history of supporting, training and funding terror organisations. This open confession surprises no one and exposes Pakistan as a rogue state fuelling global terrorism and destabilising the region. The world can no longer turn a blind eye,” Patel said, in reference to a recent television interview.

After the Pahalgam terror attack, Khwaja Asif was questioned by a Sky News journalist about Pakistan’s involvement in supporting terrorist groups. "We have been doing this dirty work for the US for the past three decades, including the West and the UK,” Asif had responded.

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Patel also hit out at Pakistan for exploiting and weakening the international forum to “indulge in propaganda and make baseless allegations against India”.

Patel asserted that “this open confession surprises no one and exposes Pakistan as a rogue state fueling global terrorism and destabilising the region. The world can no longer turn a blind eye. I have nothing further to add,” she said.

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“The members of the Security Council underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice,” the statement said.

Meanwhile, Pakistani troops breached the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir for the fifth night in a row, extending the arc of violations to include the Akhnoor sector in Jammu district. The Indian Army responded in a measured and effective manner to the provocation, an official said.

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