In a striking and unusually candid disclosure, Pakistani political leader Chaudhry Anwarul Haq openly admitted that Pakistan-backed terror groups carried out attacks deep inside India — “from the Red Fort to the forests of Kashmir.” His remarks, caught on video and now widely circulating, amount to one of the most direct acknowledgements by a Pakistani politician of Islamabad-linked terrorism on Indian soil.
Haq’s reference to the Red Fort points to the November 10 car blast near the Delhi landmark that killed 14 people. Investigators have tied that attack to a Jaish-e-Mohammed–linked “white-collar” terror module uncovered days earlier in Faridabad, led by Dr Umar Un Nabi. His mention of “the forests of Kashmir” corresponds to the April Pahalgam attack in Baisaran Valley, where terrorists opened fire on tourists, killing 26.
In the viral clip, Haq boasts, “If you keep bleeding Balochistan, we will hit India from the Red Fort to the forests of Kashmir… By the grace of Allah, we’ve done it, and they still can’t count the bodies.” He goes on to claim that armed men struck Delhi again “a few days later,” and that India “hasn’t counted all the bodies so far.”
India has repeatedly rejected Pakistan’s accusations about unrest in Balochistan, calling them attempts to distract from Pakistan’s long history of supporting cross-border terrorism. After the Pahalgam massacre, New Delhi responded with sharp diplomatic measures, including suspending its participation in the Indus Waters Treaty until Pakistan stops backing terror networks.
Haq’s comments follow similar recent confessions from other Pakistani figures. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi recently alleged that Islamabad manufactures “fake” terror attacks for political gain and blocks peace efforts in the volatile Khyber region.
At the same time, Indian agencies continue to unearth disturbing details about the JeM-linked module responsible for the Red Fort blast. According to investigators, the group had been planning a major suicide attack on December 6 — the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition — under the internal codename “Operation D-6.” The plot allegedly involved a car-borne IED and had been in preparation for weeks.
The module is believed to have had nine to ten members, including five or six doctors from Faridabad’s Al-Falah University. Using their professional access, they allegedly procured chemicals and components for explosives. Arrested suspects told interrogators that Dr Shaheen Shaheed and Dr Umar — the operative behind the Red Fort car bomb — were central to the conspiracy. Dr Shaheen was allegedly working to build JeM’s new women’s wing in India under the banner Jamaat-ul-Momineen.
The investigation into Al-Falah University, already under scrutiny after multiple arrests of its staff, is now widening as agencies track the full extent of the network and the Pakistan-based handlers coordinating it.
Haq’s brazen admission reinforces what India has long argued: Pakistan continues to nurture and deploy terror outfits as instruments of state policy — and now, some of its own leaders are saying it out loud.
