India denies hand in Pakistan killings, calls report 'false and malicious'

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The Ministry of External Affairs has denied reports alleging India's involvement in targetted killings in Pakistan post the 2019 Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir...

The Ministry of External Affairs has denied allegations of a foreign media report that India carried out targeted assassinations in Pakistan, calling them "false and malicious propaganda"..

The report in The Guardian quoted intelligence operatives in India and Pakistan to claim that India's move was part of a wider strategy to eliminate terrorists living on foreign soil...

According to the report, documents shared by some Pakistani investigators indicated India's intelligence agency, RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) allegedly carried out 20 such targeted killings on foreign soil as part of an emboldened approach to national security after the 2019 Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 40 Indian soldiers...

Targeted assassinations increased significantly in 2023, with sources in Pakistan's intelligence accusing India of involvement in the suspected deaths of about 15 people, most of whom were shot at close range by unknown gunmen, the report said...