“In our case, terrorism is bred not in some faraway land, but across our border to the west,” Swaraj said. India called it off only one day after it was announced, following the killing of an Indian border guard in the disputed region of Kashmir. The announcement of the planned meeting had been considered an encouraging sign for restarting stalled talks between the nuclear-armed neighbours. “But within hours of our acceptance, news came that terrorists had killed one of our jawans. India at the time rejected it as a selective compilation of largely unverified information.

Source: National Post September 29, 2018 17:35 UTC