New York, June 9 -- India has launched a scathing attack against Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council, fiercely criticising Islamabad for exploiting Afghanistan's landlocked position and launching fatal airstrikes that have claimed hundreds of civilian lives.

Addressing the UNSC, India's Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish argued that Pakistan's refusal to grant transit access to Afghan merchants constituted "unprecedented 'trade and transit terrorism'." He highlighted that New Delhi has been actively issuing hundreds of gratis long-term business visas to support the impacted Afghan traders.

Elaborating on the blockade, the ambassador stated, "This cynical closure of access for this landlocked country is in total violation of UN d...