India Rejects Pakistan's Allegation Of Role In train Hijack: 'World Knows Where Epicenter Of terrorism Lies'
India has strongly denied Pakistan's accusation of involvement in the Jaffar Express attack, calling for pakistan to address its internal problems instead of blaming India.
On Thursday, pakistan Foreign office spokesperson Shafqat ali Khan claimed that the rebels involved in the attack on the Jaffar Express were in contact with ring leaders in Afghanistan.
"India has been involved in terrorism in Pakistan. In the particular attack on Jaffar Express, the terrorists had been in contact with their handlers and ring leaders in afghanistan," Shafqat ali Khan said during his weekly press briefing.
The relations between pakistan and afghanistan have been strained due to constant data-border skirmishes and Islamabad claiming that the Tehreek-i-Taliban pakistan (TTP) was using Afghan soil to launch attacks in Pakistan. Kabul denies the allegations. The statement came days after the security forces in pakistan claimed that they had eliminated all the 33 balochistan Liberation army (BLA) rebels who had hijacked the Jaffar Express, which was carrying more than 400 passengers.
The pakistan army is yet to release any photographs or video of the claimed "successful operation."
The rebel BLA, on the other hand, claims that the ISPR was covering up defeat. According to news agency ANI, Jeeyand Baloch, spokesperson for the BLA, insisted that "the battle is still ongoing across multiple fronts. "Baloch claimed that the Pakistani army has "neither achieved victory on the battlefield nor managed to save its hostage personnel." He accused the state of "abandoning its soldiers" and leaving them "to die as hostages."