Imran Khan was on a three-day visit to the US where he met President Donald Trump and State Secretary Mike Pompeo.
External Affairs Ministry official spokesperson Raveesh Kumar. (Photo: Twitter/@MEAIndia)
Days after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan admitted that about 40 different militant groups were operating in his country, India on Thursday said it was “time for the neighbouring nation to take credible action against these terror groups”.
Imran Khan has acknowledged that some terrorists in Pakistan had fought in Kashmir and also admitted that the Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed was operating in India.
Kumar said that “since Pakistan PM has acknowledged the presence of training camps and of the fact that terrorists are being trained and sent to Kashmir to fight, it is time for them to take credible action against the terror camps that exist in the areas under the control of Pakistan”.
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However, Khan asserted that he had the army’s support for disarming them and for overtures to India.
He added that because some of the terrorists were trained and had experience of fighting in Kashmir the police can’t handle them and the army’s help is required.
He further said the previous Pakistani governments had kept the truth hidden about 40 different militant groups operating in the country.
“We were fighting the US war on terror. Pakistan has nothing to do with 9/11. Al-Qaeda was in Afghanistan. There were no militant Taliban in Pakistan. But we joined the US war. Unfortunately, when things went wrong, where I blame my government, we did not tell the US exactly the truth on the ground,” he said while addressing a Capitol hill reception hosted by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Chairperson of the Congressional Pakistan Caucus.
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Imran Khan also explained to the lawmakers that “Pakistani governments were not in control”.
Imran Khan was on a three-day visit to the US where he met President Donald Trump and State Secretary Mike Pompeo.
This was Khan’s maiden visit to the US since assuming power following the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s victory in the 2018 general elections.
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