Hong Kong, April 22 -- A year after the deadly Pahalgam terror attack, serious questions are being raised about the origins and operational patterns behind such incidents, with former researcher at the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Baseer Naveed, alleging striking similarities with past terror attacks.

Calling the Pahalgam incident "highly condemnable," Naveed pointed to a recurring method used by terrorist groups. "They come, get people off the bus, and then identify who is a Hindu and who is a Muslim," he said, adding that similar tactics were previously used in Pakistan's Kurram District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in Balochistan province, where sectarian and ethnic identities were used to target victims.

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