After TRF Claims Pahalgam Attack, LeT's Saifullah Khalid Denies Role In New Video
Lashkar-e-Tayyaba deputy chief Saifullah Kasuri, also known as Saifullah Khalid, has denied any involvement in Tuesday's deadly Pahalgam attack that claimed at least 26 lives. In a video circulating, which is circulating online, Kasuri accuses the Indian media of 'wrongfully" blaming him and Pakistan for the assault.
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