During the interview, Tarar claimed there were no terrorist camps in Pakistan and said the country was a “victim of terrorism.” However, the Sky News anchor, Yalda Hakim, immediately pushed back, pointing out that Pakistan’s own Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, had recently admitted that Pakistan had helped the U.S. with such activities for decades.
When Tarar tried to defend Pakistan, Hakim reminded him that Osama bin Laden—the mastermind of 9/11—was found and killed by U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2011. This left Tarar momentarily speechless. He responded by inviting Hakim to visit Pakistan and repeated that his country fights terrorism.
India, on the other hand, said its military hit nine terror targets without crossing the Line of Control and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had personally monitored the operation.
