In a veiled attack on Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said countries with “regressive thinking” using terrorism as a “political tool” should understand that it is an “equally big threat” for them also.
Addressing world leaders at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, PM Modi said, “Today, the world is facing an increased threat of regressive thinking and extremism. In such a situation, the entire world must make science-based, rational and progressive thinking the basis for development. In order to strengthen a science-based approach, India is promoting experience-based learning.”
He also emphasised the need to ensure that Afghanistan’s territory is not used to spread terrorism or for terrorist activities. “On the other hand, countries with regressive thinking that are using terrorism as a political tool must understand that terrorism is an equally big threat for them,” Modi cautioned in an apparent reference to Pakistan which is often accused by its neighbours, including Afghanistan’s previous government and India, of providing safe haven to terrorists.
Pakistan has close ties with the Afghan Taliban, including its dreaded faction the Haqqani Network, which has seized control of Kabul last month. The Haqqani Network, believed to be behind a number of kidnappings and attacks against US interests in Afghanistan, was accused of bombing the Indian mission in Kabul in 2008, which left 58 people dead.
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