External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that since Independence, India has confronted the challenge of "having a neighbour that is an epicentre of global terrorism". Addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, he said that major international terrorist attacks are traced back to "that one country" for decades now, referring to Pakistan.

"The most recent example of cross-border barbarism was the murder of innocent tourists in Pahalgam in April this year," said Jaishankar, adding: "India exercised its right to defend its people against terrorism and brought its organisers and perpetrators to justice."

He was referring to India's Operation Sindoor earlier this year when the Indian Armed Forces targeted and destroyed terrorist infrastructure in Pakista

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