India says over 200 held after militant attacks foiled
A multi-state operation against a terror group allegedly backed by Pakistan was carried out across 14 Indian states on Aug 12, three days before India's 80th Independence Day.
Indian security forces have apprehended more than 200 terror suspects linked to Pakistan, preventing what could have been major subversive attacks around the country's Independence Day, Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Monday. The massive operation, conducted across 14 Indian states on August 12, just three days before India's 80th year of independence from British colonial rule, targeted a terror group allegedly backed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
According to Shah, the coordinated effort dismantled the Shahzad Bhatti Network, a group allegedly supported by the ISI, and thwarted plans for attacks on Indian soil. Pakistan's foreign ministry has yet to comment on the allegations. Despite the claims, both countries have a history of blaming each other for fostering terrorism within their borders.
The two nuclear-armed neighbors were embroiled in a four-day military conflict last year following India's accusation that Pakistani attackers were responsible for the killing of 26 men at a tourist spot in Indian Kashmir.
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