India Clarifies Stand On Terror, Kashmir At UNGA

India has tried to maintain its high-profile diplomatic pressure on Pakistan on the issue of terrorism, with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj insisting that countries, sponsoring terror, should have no place in the comity of nations.

Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday, Swaraj strongly criticised Pakistan for nurturing and harbouring terrorists responsible for attack worldwide. She also linked the recent terror attack in Kashmir's Uri District with the latest bombing inNew York, saying that perpetrators of these two attacks "studied" at a Pakistani madrassa (Islamic religious school). She made such a comment, as the Brussels-based 'Crisis Group', which focuses on the role of madrassas in promoting religious extremism in Pakistan's Punjab Province, mentioned in its latest report (titled 'Pakistan's Jihadist Heartland - Southern Punjab') that "the...