Archive · 8 Oct 2026
India Accuses Pakistan of Terrorism Doublespeak at United Nations
At a United Nations meeting, India accused Pakistan of not doing enough to stop terrorist groups.
India’s representative said countries must take real action against the people who plan, fund, and support terrorism.
He questioned Pakistan’s announcement of a reward for information about Masood Azhar, a leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed.
India said Pakistan had previously described the group as defunct.
Pakistan has said Azhar is in Afghanistan, but an Afghan official denied that he was there.
India’s representative remembered the 9/11, 26/11, and Pahalgam attacks.
He also criticized Pakistan’s claims about Operation Sindoor.
Pakistan’s position was presented through its statements and claims described in the article.
India said it would defend its people and that continued terrorism would have consequences.
India’s UN representative Raghoo Puri accused Pakistan of supporting and sheltering terrorist groups during a General Assembly committee meeting.
Puri called Pakistan’s increased reward for information leading to Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar’s capture an “eyewash” and questioned claims that the group was defunct.
He invoked the 9/11, 26/11 and Pahalgam attacks, saying victims’ families had been denied justice.
Pakistan has said Azhar fled to Afghanistan; an Afghan Taliban official rejected that claim, according to the article.
Puri accused Pakistan of spreading misinformation about Operation Sindoor and warned that continued terrorism against India would have consequences.
- Who
- India’s First Secretary to the UN, Raghoo Puri, speaking in response to Pakistan’s representative.
- What
- India accused Pakistan of supporting terrorism and questioned its actions and claims concerning Masood Azhar and Operation Sindoor.
- When
- At a UN General Assembly Sixth Committee meeting on October 7, 2026; the article also cites an India at UN post dated October 8.
- Where
- The United Nations in New York.
- Why
- India was responding to Pakistan’s statement during discussion of measures to eliminate international terrorism.
India’s accusations
Pakistan’s stated position
Pakistan’s counterterrorism record
India’s accusations
India accused Pakistan of financing, facilitating, training, sheltering or otherwise supporting terrorist groups, and said declarations alone were insufficient.
Pakistan’s stated position
Pakistan has presented itself as a frontline state against terrorism and as a victim, according to Puri’s account of Pakistan’s position.
Masood Azhar’s whereabouts
India’s accusations
India questioned Pakistan’s claim of taking action against Azhar, calling the reward announcement an eyewash and arguing that Pakistani authorities must know where he is.
Pakistan’s stated position
Pakistan has maintained that Azhar fled to Afghanistan.
Operation Sindoor
India’s accusations
Puri accused Pakistan of spreading misinformation and disinformation about the operation and rejected its military narrative.
Pakistan’s stated position
Puri said Pakistan continued to promote its own narrative about Operation Sindoor; the article does not provide a detailed Pakistani response to his remarks.
- Forum
- Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly
- Indian representative
- Raghoo Puri, First Secretary at India’s Permanent Mission to the UN
- Reward cited
- Seven million Pakistani rupees for information leading to Masood Azhar’s capture, according to the article
- Attacks invoked
- 9/11, 26/11 and the Pahalgam attack
- Pahalgam attack date and toll
- April 22, 2025; 26 civilians were killed, according to the article
- Operation Sindoor
- India launched it in May 2025, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, according to the article
- FATF review
- The article says Pakistan was expected to face review of its counterterrorism efforts at an upcoming plenary