The India-Pakistan military conflict was sparked by the April 22 terror attack in J&K that killed 26 civilians and the extremist views of Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, Foreign Minister Jaishankar told a Dutch channel.
The India-Pakistan military conflict this month – a tense 100 hours in which the two fired missiles at the other – was triggered by the “barbaric” April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar told Dutch broadcaster NOS Wednesday.
And the Pahalgam terrorists, Mr Jaishankar said, who had targeted and murdered 26 people, mostly civilians, based on their faith, were driven by the “extreme religious outlook” of Asim Munir, the Pakistan Army chief who this week was promoted from General to Field Marshal.
A religious element was “deliberately introduced” to fuel existing tension, he said, seeming to call Munir – who, days before Pahalgam , referred to the “superior” Pakistani culture – as a fanatic.
The minister was replying to a question about United States President Donald Trump’s claims – despite India’s statements to the contrary – that he brokered the May 12 ceasefire. He stressed the cessation of hostilities was the result of a direct bilateral arrangement and was not influenced by any third party
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