07 October 2016

News Story: India refuses to share proof of surgical strikes in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir

NEW DELHI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government Thursday made it clear that it will not share proof of last week's "surgical strikes" across the Line of Control in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir in the wake of demands from some quarters of the country's opposition parties.

"It was a 100 per cent perfect surgical strike. Even when bigger nations do surgical strikes, they are not as successful. But there is no need for evidence of soldiers venturing across the Line of Control," Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar said.

His comments at a political rally in the town of Agra, some 250 kms from the Indian capital, came as some leaders of a few opposition parties demanded from the Indian government proof of the Indian army's surgical strikes in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

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