No evidence to suggest India using Afghan soil to create trouble in Pak: US

The US on Wednesday rejected Pakistan's claim that India was using Afghanistan for spreading terrorism in the country, saying there was "no evidence" to support Islamabad's allegations.

"I don't have the evidence what you're referring to, but our policy is clear that no country should support non-state actors," Alice Wells, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, said while interacting with a group of journalists at the US Embassy here.

Pakistan has long been expressing its concerns regarding India allegedly using the Afghan soil to create trouble and often presented as evidence the case of Indian prisoner Kulbushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of "espionage and terrorism" in April 2017.

Islamabad claims that its security forces arrested Jadhav from restive Balochistan province on March 3, 2016 after he reportedly entered from Iran.

However, India maintains that Jadhav was kidnapped from ...