Pakistan on Tuesday accused India of hampering its military operation against militants by escalating tensions along the Line of Control (LoC).
Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire along their tense border on Monday, killing four Pakistani civilians including a teenage boy and an Indian soldier, the latest in a series of deadly clashes.
“The People of Pakistan see the escalation of tension by India on the Line of Control and Working Boundary, through continuous unprovoked firing and targeting of civilians, as an attempt to distract our armed forces from its valiant mission against all terrorists,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said in a statement.
The military launched a major offensive against militant hideouts in North Waziristan in June and says it has killed more than 1,700 militants so far, while 126 soldiers have lost their lives.
“The baseless and preposterous Indian allegations regarding the so called “terror boat” from Pakistan are also in the same vein,” Aslam added.
Aslam said that India was also trying to create a wedge between Pakistan and Afghanistan by creating “misunderstanding”. -AFP
