A war of words between India and Pakistan at the United Nations
The Indian foreign minister exchanged accusations with his Pakistani counterpart, as the conversation turned into a war of words at the United Nations.
The latest exchange of accusations came on the sidelines of an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Wednesday and Thursday.
Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar told Pakistan to "behave and try to be a good neighbour".
He added that the former US Secretary of State, "Hillary Clinton, said during her visit to Pakistan, if you leave snakes in your backyard, do not expect them to sting only your neighbors, as in the end they will sting the people who keep them in that garden."
Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari responded by saying that India had sought to confuse Muslims and terrorists in both countries.
Bhutto Zardari said that his country had lost many lives due to terrorism, and that he himself was a victim, referring to his mother, Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated in a suicide bombing in 2007.
The political relations between the two countries are tense, especially with regard to the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which was divided between India and Pakistan during the partition in 1947.
New Delhi accuses Islamabad of harboring militants who launched attacks on its soil, including the Bombay attacks in 2008 that left dozens dead.
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