India, April 11 -- India's main Opposition party, the Congress on Saturday launched a fresh attack on the BJP-led NDA government's foreign policy record, raising pointed questions about how Pakistan - a country India has sought to internationally isolate - became a mediator and the host for talks between the United States and Iran after a temporary ceasefire was struck in the West Asia war.

The party's jibes came as US Vice President JD Vance landed in Islamabad for negotiations with an Iranian delegation led by parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and foreign minister Abbas Araghchi. When the ceasefire was announced on April 8 with Pakistan taking a lead role, the Congress had called it a "severe setback" for Prime Minister Naren...