Proposal made to swap Jadhav for Pakistan terrorist in Afghanistan: Asif
New York, Sep 27 : Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif has claimed that an offer was received to swap Indian prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav for a terrorist behind the Peshawar army school attack in 2014, who, he asserted, was now in Afghanistan’s custody.
“The terrorist who killed children in APS (Army Public School in) Peshawar is in Aghan custody. The NSA told me that we can exchange that terrorist with the terrorist you have, which is Kulbushan Jadhav,” he said on Tuesday.
Jadhav is a former Indian navy officer who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court for allegedly spying for India within Pakistan.
New Delhi has denied that Jadhav was working for India and has appealed to the International Court of Justice to stop the death sentence.
Asif, who was answering questions after a speech at the Asia Society here, did not specify which NSA he was referring to and did not expand the initials. From that vague reference, it was not clear if Pakistan’s National Security Adviser had conveyed the offer or if it was made by an entity or individual in another country sharing the initials NSA.
He also did not identify the who the terrorist in Afghanistan’s custody was.
The Afghanistan government had admitted that the Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) Pakistan had safe havens in that country, Asif asserted.
The TTP has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack on the Peshawar army school in 2014 in which 132 children were killed.
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Pakistan's claim of 'Jadhav swapping offer' another imaginary lie: India
Highlights
- Pak foreign minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif had claimed that he received a proposal to swap Jadhav with a terrorist
- Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Haneef Atmar issued a statement saying there was no mention or reference of India or an Indian citizen during his meeting with the Pak foreign minister
NEW DELHI: India on Friday cited Afghanistan NSA's statement rejecting Pakistan's claim that it had received a proposal to swap Indian national
Kulbhushan Jadhav for a terrorist, to assert that it was another addition to Islamabad's "imaginary lies".
The reaction came after Pakistan Foreign Minister
Khwaja Muhammad Asif suggested that he received the proposal to swap Jadhav with the terrorist, lodged in an Afghan jail, during his meeting with an NSA. However, Khwaja did not identify the NSA or the terrorist who was to be swapped.
Contradicting Asif's claim, the office of the Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Haneef Atmar issued a statement saying there was no mention or reference of India or an Indian citizen during his meeting with the Pakistani foreign minister on September 21 in New York.
Asif had told a gathering at the Asia Society in New York on September 26 that Pakistan received a proposal to swap Jadhav for a terrorist who carried out the horrific 2014 Peshawar school attack and is now jailed in Afghanistan.
Reacting strongly, external affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the statement by the office of the Afghan NSA suggested that the claim by Asif was one more addition to the long list of "imaginary lies" by Pakistani establishment.
The statement by Atmar's office said the two sides, during the meeting, had detailed discussions on variety of issues including bilateral cooperation.
"The two sides also discussed sanctuaries in Pakistan and exchange of the top five Taliban leaders detained in Pakistan. There was no mention or reference of India or an Indian citizen," it said, adding Atmar was hopeful that the record of the meetings are reported accurately and facts are not "misconstrued".
The MEA spokesperson also referred to Pakistan's use of a "fake picture" in the
United Nations General Assembly
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