India has launched a scathing attack against Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council, fiercely criticising Islamabad for exploiting Afghanistan's landlocked position and launching fatal airstrikes that have claimed hundreds of civilian lives.
Addressing the UNSC, India's Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish argued that Pakistan's refusal to grant transit access to Afghan merchants constituted "unprecedented 'trade and transit terrorism'." He highlighted that New Delhi has been actively issuing hundreds of gratis long-term business visas to support the impacted Afghan traders.
Elaborating on the blockade, the ambassador stated, "This cynical closure of access for this landlocked country is in total violation of UN declarations on Landlocked Developing Countries and a clear weaponisation of their trade and transit vulnerabilities."
Ambassador Harish subsequently urged the global community to denounce these actions, labelling them as blatant violations of WTO norms, the UN Charter, and international law.
Turning the focus to cross-border military aggression, the Indian envoy strongly condemned Pakistan's military operations inside Afghanistan, pointing to UNAMA reports that document severe civilian casualties. "Pakistan's campaign of military airstrikes against Afghanistan is causing huge civilian casualties and suffering to the Afghan people," he noted.
