India slams Pakistan for blaming neighbours for its failures, backs Afghanistan

Amid border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, India said it's Pakistan's long-standing practice to blame neighbours for its internal failures.

The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India remains fully committed to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Afghanistan. India said it was closely monitoring the situation as Pakistan and Afghanistan reached a ceasefire on Wednesday.

He said pointed out that Pakistan continues to host terrorist organisations and is angered by Afghanistan exercising sovereignty over its own territory.

This comes after Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif alleged that Afghanistan was "fighting a proxy war" on behalf of India.

Khawaja Asif, while speaking to Geo TV, said Trump is "most welcome" to look into the war between Pakistan and Afghanistan. "I think presidents in America have been responsible for wars. This is the first president (Trump) who has stopped wars. In the last 15-20 years, the US has sponsored wars, and he (Trump) is the first president to negotiate peace," the Pakistani minister said.