India Tells Pakistan To 'Look Inwards' Over Baseless Allegations Following Karachi Attack

India on Monday firmly rejected Pakistan's allegations linking an "Indian proxy" to the recent terrorist attack on the Pakistan Rangers' provincial headquarters in Karachi, calling the claims "baseless" and urging Islamabad to address terrorism within its own borders. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Pakistan should stop pointing fingers at others and instead take credible action against terror infrastructure operating on its soil.

The attack in Karachi last week targeted the provincial headquarters of the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers, leaving three Pakistani security personnel and three terrorists dead. Responsibility for the assault was claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a militant outfit often linked to the Afghanistan-based Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Despite the group's claim, Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi alleged that an "Indian proxy" was involved in the attack but did not provide any evidence to substantiate the accusation.

Responding to the allegations, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal categorically dismissed Pakistan's claims. "We have seen Pakistani reports making baseless allegations against India regarding the recent incident in Karachi. We categorically reject them," Jaiswal said. He added that Pakistan would be better served by "looking inwards," taking credible action against terror infrastructure on its territory and abandoning what India described as its reliance on terrorism as an instrument of state policy.

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Meanwhile, Pakistan announced that it had launched overnight airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan targeting what it described as terrorist hideouts in response to the Karachi attack and other recent incidents of violence. According to Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, precision strikes were carried out in the provinces of Paktia, Paktika and Kunar, resulting in the destruction of three targets and the deaths of 25 militants. The operation also included ground offensives in border regions and specifically targeted Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.

Pakistan said the military action was undertaken in retaliation for the Karachi attack as well as a series of militant incidents in its border provinces. The latest escalation highlights growing security concerns along the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier, where Islamabad has repeatedly accused militant groups of launching cross-border attacks. India, however, maintained that Pakistan's attempt to implicate New Delhi without evidence was unfounded and reiterated that the country should focus on dismantling terrorist networks within its own territory instead of making unsupported allegations against others.

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