India has 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.
“It is hypocritical to espouse high principles of international law while targeting innocent civilians in the dark,” Harish Parvathaneni, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, said.
The rebuttal came during the Annual UNSC Open Debate on “Protection of civilians in armed conflict”, after Pakistan’s representative raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Indian envoy referred to findings by the United Nations Assistance Mission, saying that 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, news agency ANI reported.
He said the UN body attributed 94 out of 95 incidents involving civilian casualties to Pakistani security forces. The envoy also accused Pakistan of carrying out an airstrike on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul during Ramadan earlier this year.
He further raised the issue of displacement caused by cross-border violence, citing UNAMA assessments that over 94,000 people had been displaced in Afghanistan.
