‘Extreme Religious’: Jaishankar brings the attitude of Asim Munir, head of the army, which is a leader for the Pahgam terror attack

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar pointed to the “extreme religious approach” of Asim Munir, the head of Pakistan Army, who influenced the Pahgam militants who killed 26 citizens on 22 April, who were after their belief.“… It started with a very barbaric terrorist attack in the Indian Union region of Jammu and Kashmir Where 26 tourists were killed in front of his families after finding out his trust. And this was done in a way in which it was intended to harm tourism, which is the mainstay of the Kashmir economy and to deliberately create a religious feud, an element of religion was introduced, “Jaishankar told Dutch Broadcaster Nos.“And to understand that, you have also seen that in the Pakistani side, you have a Pakistani leadership, especially the army chief who is very inspired by a highly religious point of view. So clearly some connects, you know, you know, you were expressed and behaved,” he said.A few days before the Pahalgam attack, Asim Munir, the head of Pakistan Army, now promoted to Field Marshal, two-nation theory, by implementing the ideological foundation of the creation of Pakistan, stopped stress. He urged Pakistani citizens to teach their children to teach their children that they are “separated from Hindus” and referred to Kashmir as Pakistan’s “jugular vein”.Jaishankar also explained how a de-escation came to light after the Pahgam terror attack on 22 April, killing 26 civilians and inspired India’s Operation Sindoor.“Yes, we have a mechanism to talk to each other – a hotline,” he said. “On May 10, it was a Pakistani army that sent a message expressing readiness to stop the firing earlier, and we replied accordingly,” Jayashankar said.While Jaishankar admitted that many countries, including the United States, rushed out during the crisis, made it clear that the resolution was completely bilateral, not intercepted by any third party.“The United States was in the United States,” he commented when President Donald Trump’s recent ceasefire claims between India and Pakistan were asked.Jaishankar admitted that US secretary Rubio and Vice President Vance had reached out during the struggle.“Rubio spoke to me, and Vance spoke with our Prime Minister. He shared his views, and he was in communication with both us and the Pakistani side – as some Gulf nations and other countries,” he said.He said that such outreach is expected to be expected during the moments of high stress between the two countries.“When the two nations are engaged in a struggle, it is natural for others around the world to express concern and offer help,” he said.However, Jaishankar insisted that the actual end of enmity was directly interacted between India and Pakistan.“We made one thing very clear to all, not only the United States, that if Pakistan wanted to stop firing, we needed to listen to it directly from them. Their general had to call our general and clarify it. And that’s what happened.”Trump came back to his comment immediately after claiming credit to end the deadlock again, stating that “he had solved it through trade”, was strongly rejected by the Government of India.