India launched a sharp attack on Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), accusing Islamabad of having a 'long-tainted record of genocidal acts' and supporting cross-border violence that has killed civilians in Afghanistan.
India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Harish Parvathaneni, said it is 'hypocritical to espouse high principles of international law while targeting innocent civilians in the dark.'
The Indian envoy referred to findings by the United Nations Assistance Mission, saying, UNAMA documented 750 civilian deaths and injuries in Afghanistan in the first three months of 2026 due to 'cross border armed violence perpetrated by Pakistani military forces', most of them caused by airstrikes.
He also accused Pakistan of carrying out an airstrike on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul during Ramadan earlier this year, killing 269 civilians and injuring another 122.
Parvathaneni further raised the issue of displacement caused by cross-border violence, citing UNAMA assessments that over 94,000 people had been displaced in Afghanistan.
He also referred to Pakistan's actions during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, saying, 'Pakistan sanctioned the systematic campaign of genocidal mass rape of 400,000 women citizens by its own army.'
