India slams Pakistan’s claims on Afghan attacks: 'No amount of storytelling can alter reality'

An Afghan protester holds a photograph of Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces Syed Asim Munir during a demonstration in Ghazni on March 6, 2026 amid the ongoing conflict with Pakistan. (Photo by Mohammad Faisal NAWEED / AFP)

India rejected Pakistan’s claims of Indian support for Afghan attacks on Pakistan, calling them baseless and accusing Islamabad of deflecting blame for its own actions. India criticized Pakistan’s credibility on terrorism amid escalating regional tensions.

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India on Thursday strongly rejected Pakistan’s allegations that New Delhi supported Afghanistan in carrying out attacks against it, calling the claims “baseless” and accusing Islamabad of attempting to shift blame for its own actions.

Responding to media queries, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal dismissed the accusations and sharply criticised Pakistan’s credibility on terrorism.

“We reject such baseless allegations. It has become second nature for Pakistan to blame India for its misdeeds. As a state sponsor of terrorism for decades, Pakistan has zero credibility when it comes to cross-border terrorism. No amount of storytelling is going to alter this reality, nor is anyone fooled by Pakistan's assumed victimhood,” Jaiswal said.

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The remarks came after Pakistani leaders alleged that India was backing Afghan elements involved in attacks on Pakistani territory. Islamabad has repeatedly claimed that militant violence within Pakistan is being orchestrated with Indian support through Afghanistan, though it has provided no credible evidence for these assertions.

The accusations have intensified amid the escalating conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which has seen cross-border strikes, retaliatory attacks and mounting civilian casualties along the border. The latest flare-up began after Pakistan launched airstrikes inside eastern Afghanistan targeting what it claimed were camps of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State-Khorasan militants. Afghan authorities, however, said the strikes killed civilians and violated their territorial sovereignty.

New Delhi has repeatedly maintained that Pakistan’s attempts to blame India are part of a pattern aimed at deflecting attention from its own internal security failures. In previous statements as well, the MEA had described similar allegations as attempts by Islamabad to “externalise its internal failures” instead of addressing the root causes of violence within its borders.

Pakistan’s leadership has also escalated rhetoric against India in recent weeks. President Asif Ali Zardari recently accused New Delhi of preparing for another conflict and urged talks, while also linking India to tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

However, Indian officials say such claims are a familiar tactic used by Islamabad whenever it faces domestic instability or security setbacks.

With tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan continuing to escalate and Islamabad repeatedly invoking India in its accusations, New Delhi’s latest response signals that it intends to firmly push back against what it sees as an effort to deflect responsibility for the crisis.