India on Thursday termed as “glaring admission” Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's comments that 30,000 to 40,000 terrorists were operating in his country, and asked him to take “credible and irreversible” action against the terror networks.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said it was not the first time that Pakistan and its leadership owned up to the presence of terrorists in that country who are sent to India to carry out attacks.
“It is a glaring admission by the Pakistani leadership.... This is not the first time that Pakistan and Pakistani leadership owned up to the presence of terror training camps and terrorists in Pakistan.... It is also in public knowledge and international community knows about it,” Kumar said.
He said as Khan acknowledged the presence of terrorist training camps in his country, “it is time for them to take credible and irreversible action against the terror camps.”
“They should make sure that the safe havens and sanctuaries in Pakistan should be neutralised. We feel that half-hearted measures to please the international community won't do,” he added.
India and Afghanistan have been accusing Pakistan of providing safe haven to the Afghan Taliban, the Haqqani network, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and other militant groups.
