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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif separately and strongly condemned the April 22 terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed 25 Indians and a Nepalese citizen.

Pakistan's military spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry accused India of sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan and dismissed its claims about the Pahalgam attack. He said Indian officers were caught directing terror acts inside Pakistan and shared names of Indian handlers involved.