India accuses Pakistan of exporting violence beyond borders, recalls 1971 atrocities and Kabul hospital strike
BuzzBytes Desk | United Nations | May 21
India strongly criticised Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, accusing it of having a “long-tainted record of genocidal acts” and using violence to divert attention from its internal failures.
Speaking during the Annual UNSC Open Debate on the “Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Harish Parvathaneni, rejected Pakistan’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir and termed them interference in India’s internal affairs.
“It is ironic that Pakistan, with its long-tainted record of genocidal acts, has chosen to refer to issues that are strictly internal to India,” Parvathaneni said.
The Indian envoy also referred to Pakistan’s alleged airstrikes on Afghanistan earlier this year, particularly an attack on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul during the holy month of Ramadan.
Quoting the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, he said the strike killed 269 civilians and injured another 122 people.
“This cowardly and unconscionable act of violence targeted a facility that by no means could be justified as a military target,” he said.
Parvathaneni described Pakistan’s position on international law as “hypocritical,” accusing it of targeting innocent civilians while publicly advocating humanitarian principles.
He further alleged that Pakistan has repeatedly attempted to “externalise internal failures through increasingly desperate acts of violence both within and beyond its borders.”
Referring to the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, the Indian envoy accused Pakistan of carrying out systematic atrocities during “Operation Searchlight.”
He said Pakistan’s army had sanctioned mass violence, including widespread atrocities against civilians during the operation in former East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.
“Such inhuman conduct reflects Pakistan’s repeated attempts over decades to externalise internal failures through acts of violence,” he said.
Parvathaneni added that the international community could clearly see through what he termed Pakistan’s “propaganda.”
