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Shahid Afridi hails Pakistan's defence as 'unbreakable', says 'Modi now realises how costly it is to confront Pakistan'
Shahid Afridi has also accused India of targeting civilians, including, children, as well as mosques in Pakistan during the ongoing conflict. AP
Shahid Afridi has been in the news for his provocative comments aimed against India, especially in the aftermath of the deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam last month. And on Sunday, the former Pakistan all-rounder and captain made headlines once again, this time praising his country's military for 'silencing' India and describing them as 'unbreakable' while accusing the Indian armed forces of 'martyring children' and 'targeting civilian areas and mosques'.
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This despite the Indian armed forces causing significant strikes to multiple air bases within Pakistan and providing visual proofs of the same as well as targeting the country's air defence and radar systems, completely neutralising the one in the city of Lahore.
'Operation Sindoor', the name for the Indian armed forces' response to the Pahalgam terror attack, also resulted in the elimination of up to nine terrorist camps located within the country and in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).
'They martyred our children, targeted civilian areas…'
Afridi, speaking at the 'Youm-e-Tashakur' (Day of Gratitude) rally in Karachi in support of the Pakistan's military response – dubbed 'Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos' – further accused India of attacking first and said it was inevitable for them to face the consequences.
'Pakistan's defence is unbreakable. Modi now realises how costly it is to confront Pakistan,' Afridi said at the rally according to The Express Tribune.
'They martyred our children, targeted civilian areas and mosques. We are a peace-loving people, but we will not remain silent in the face of such aggression,' he added.
Afridi had earlier denied Pakistan's involvement in the Pahalgam attack last month, calling for India to provide proof of the same while describing the Indian army as 'useless' for their inability to protect their citizens.
India had launched 'Operation Sindoor' in the early hours of Wednesday, 7 May – targeting the terror camps inside Pakistan and PoK first, and shifted its attention to the air defence system and air bases across the country after the Pakistani military refused to back down and targeted civilian areas in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in other border states such as Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
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After three days of hostilities, India and Pakistan had arrived at a ceasefire agreement on Saturday that was mediated by the United States, although Islamabad violated the truce just hours later with drone strikes in Srinagar and in other parts of the country.
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