Muzaffarabad/IBNS, Nov. 19 -- A recent statement by Pakistani politician Chaudhry Anwarul Haq has reignited debate over Islamabad's involvement in cross-border terrorism, as Haq openly claimed that militant groups carried out strikes in India "from the Red Fort to the forests of Kashmir," triggering widespread outrage.
His comments alluded to two major attacks on Indian soil this year: the November 10 car explosion near Delhi's Red Fort that killed 14 people, and the April massacre in Jammu and Kashmir's Baisaran Valley, where 26 tourists lost their lives.
He went on to add, "A few days later, armed men entered Delhi and attacked. They probably haven't even counted all the bodies yet."
The reference to the Red Fort points to the deadly blast orchestrated by Dr Umar Un Nabi, who was part of a Jaish-e-Mohammed-linked "white-collar" terror network unearthed in Faridabad just days earlier.
Pakistan frequently accuses India of fuelling unrest in Balochistan, a charge New Delhi rejects as an attempt to shift blame for Islamabad's support of extremist groups.
Haq's remarks are the latest in a series of damaging admissions from within Pakistan's leadership.
Not long ago, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi alleged that the Pakistani state gains from orchestrated or "fake" terror incidents and manipulates terrorism for political purposes, as reported by TOLO News.