Waziristan assault: MEA rejects Pakistan army declare; says ‘assertion deserves contempt’ | India News

NEW DELHI: The ministry of exterior affairs (MEA) on Sunday dismissed claims made by the Pakistan army blaming India for a lethal suicide bombing in North Waziristan, calling the assertion “deserving of contempt.”In a response issued within the early hours of the day, the MEA mentioned, “We have seen an official statement by the Pakistan Army seeking to blame India for the attack in Waziristan on 28 June. We reject this statement with the contempt it deserves.”MEA’s response comes after not less than 16 Pakistani troopers had been killed and greater than two dozen folks injured in a suicide bombing on Saturday. The incident occurred in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when a bomber drove an explosives-laden car right into a army convoy.“A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy,” an area authorities official was quoted as saying to information company AFP. He confirmed the dying toll had risen to 16 from an earlier rely of 13. The official requested anonymity as he was not authorised to talk to the media.The blast additionally broken close by properties. “The explosion also caused the roofs of two houses to collapse, injuring six children,” a police officer within the space advised AFP.The assault was later claimed by the suicide wing of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, a identified faction of the Pakistan Taliban.Despite the group’s admission, Pakistan’s army instructed international involvement, with officers in Islamabad hinting at Indian hyperlinks — an accusation New Delhi has now firmly denied.