India hits out at Pak over cross-border terrorism

New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): India on Thursday reiterated its position on cross-border terrorism, saying "Pakistan has to take steps to control terrorism coming out of its territory".

"Our position on terrorism emanating out of Pakistan is very clear. Pakistan has to take steps to control terrorism which is coming out of its territory," the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Raveesh Kumar said while addressing the media.

Commenting on the video footage of the September 2016 surgical strikes, which has been released in public domain, Kumar said, "As far as the video is concerned, we had made our position on the surgical strike was very clear even in 2016."

The eight-minute-long video shows how the Special Forces of the Indian Army crossed over the LoC and destroyed the targets on the Pakistani side of the LoC.

The strikes were conducted by the Indian army in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to the Uri terror attack wherein 18 Army personnel were killed. (ANI)

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