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Pakistan Slams India's Army Chief For 'Irresponsible' Remarks

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD - Pakistan denounced Tuesday as "completely" baseless rival
   India's latest allegations that hundreds of militants were waiting to
   "infiltrate" into Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed
   Himalayan region.

   Indian army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat alleged on Monday that the "terror
   camps" India's air force had destroyed earlier this year in a
   cross-border attack in the Pakistani town of Balakot have been
   reactivated. The general also asserted that "at least 500 persons" from
   these camps were waiting to infiltrate into India.

   The Pakistani government slammed the Indian military chief for
   threatening regional peace by making "irresponsible" statements

   It is "a desperate attempt" by India to divert international attention
   from the humanitarian nightmare'¦ being perpetrated by Indian
   occupation forces" in the Indian-administered Kashmir, the Pakistani
   foreign ministry said.

   In its separate statement, the Pakistani military warned India's
   unfounded allegations could be a ploy for "a false flag" cross-border
   operation "which if tried shall have serious consequences for regional
   peace."

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