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Pakistan's military spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry accused India of sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan and dismissed its claims about the Pahalgam attack. He said Indian officers were caught directing terror acts inside Pakistan and shared names of Indian handlers involved.

While there have been notable security initiatives in the last two decades since Mumbai attacks, leading to a reduction in terrorist activities, there is considerable scope for improvement of the over