'Will Come Back To Haunt You': Jaishankar's Blunt Warning To West On Pak-Sponsored Terrorism
External affairs minister S Jaishankar, who is currently in Brussels to meet the European Union (EU) leaders, had pushed back against the international media's narrative that the India's action 'Operation Sindoor' against Pakistan following the terror in Kashmir was a tit-for-tat between two nuclear-armed neighbours and questioned the presence of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. In an interview with European news website Euractiv, Jaishankar recalled the October 1947 incident when 'Pakistan sent invaders' and claimed that the Western countries were very supportive of this.#jaishankar #operationsindoor #kashmirterror #osamabinladenpakistan #indiapakistanrelations #euindia #nuclearthreat #europe #terrorism #foreignpolicy #geopolitics #southasiasafety #counterterrorism #internationalrelations #indiadiplomacy #pakistanissue #globalsecurity #indiapakistan #news #toi #toibharat
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