India launched a scathing attack on Pakistan, condemning directions given to Pakistan's government agencies to refer to militant groups operating in the country as "Fitna al-Hindustan."
India's representative at the UN called the step an attempt to institutionalize anti-India rhetoric.
"Coming up with official notifications directing Pakistan's government agencies to start referring to groups inside its own borders as 'Fitna al Hindustan' is nothing but officially sponsored misinformation and disinformation dressed in religious terminology," said Harish Parvathaneni, India's permanent representative to the UN.
"It is an outcome of an organized factory of hate coming from the deep state of Pakistan, which aims to keep their citizens in a state of permanent hostility with India," Parvathaneni said.
In 2025, the Pakistan government officially designated all terrorist groups and organizations operating in Balochistan province as "Fitna al Hindustan."
India also criticized Pakistan for a campaign of military airstrikes against Afghanistan.
"Dressing up a massacre as a military operation does not absolve the perpetrator," Parvathaneni said. "Killing, maiming and orphaning civilians is not counter terrorism."
Reportedly, nearly 400 people were killed in Afghanistan in the first three months of this year.
