Thousands Are Sharing India's Hard-Hitting Speech To Pakistan At The U.N. General Assembly

    "The land of Takshila, one of the greatest learning centres of ancient times, is now host to the Ivy League of terrorism."

    Sahil Rizwan
    by Sahil Rizwan

    BuzzFeed Staff, India

    The 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly is currently taking place in New York, amidst renewed violence in Kashmir from terrorists in the past week.

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    Tensions between India and Pakistan reached a new peak on Sunday after militants attacked an army base in Uri and killed at least 18 Indian soldiers. The attack by militants, which India claims had ties to Pakistan, came amid violent protests that have been going on since Indian forces killed a separatist militant in July. Since then, more than 70 people, including protesters and Indian security forces, have been killed in the India-controlled section of Kashmir.

    Responding to the attack at the military base, India's First Secretary to the UN, Eenam Gambhir, just gave a powerful and hard-hitting speech addressed towards Pakistani authorities.

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    Syed Akbaruddin, India's ambassador to the UN, tweeted a transcript of her speech, which has been retweeted over 2,000 times in just a few hours.

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    Land of Taxila, one of the greatest learning centers of ancient times, is now host to the Ivy League of Terrorism -… https://t.co/IzkiwCHOht

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    The three-minute speech has also gone viral on Facebook, and has been shared over 3,600 times in the first couple of hours since it was posted.

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