Shahid Afridi embroiled himself in an unnecessary controversy after he made nasty comments about the Indian Army post the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, which claimed 26 lives. Shikhar Dhawan has given a fitting response to the former Pakistani cricketer. It is to be noted that the terrorist attack at Pahalgam in Jammu & Kashmir was one of the worst attacks ever in recent times, resulting in a seething rage in India. Days after the shameful and cowardly attack, Afridi trolled the Indian army and media for their stance on the Pahalgam attack.
Dhawan gave a powerful response. "Kargil mein bhi haraya tha, already itna gire hue ho aur kitna giroge, bewajah comments pass karne se acha hai apne desh ki taraqqi mai dimag lagao @SAfridiOfficial. Humein hamari Indian Army par bohot garv hai. Bharat Mata Ki Jai! Jai Hind! (We beat you in Kargil. Already you guys have stooped so low, how further can you go? Instead of passing comments, focus on improving the condition of your own country. We are proud of the Indian Army)," Dhawan said in a X post.
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What exactly Shahid Afridi commented on Indian Army
Afridi had created a storm on social media by questioning the Indian Army and calling it 'nalayak, nikamma (good-for-nothing, worthless) for failing to stop the deadly attack on the civilians on the fateful afternoon of April 22.
"Tum logon ki 8 lakh ki fauj hai Kashmir mein aur yeh ho gaya. Iska matlab nalayak ho, nikamme ho na tum log ki security de nahi sake logon ko (You have an 8,00,000-strong army in Kashmir, and this still happened. It means you are inefficient and useless if you couldn't provide security to the people)," Afridi said on a TV show.
"Hairat hoti hai ki hamle ke ek ghante ke baad hi unka media Bollywood ban gaya. Khuda ke liye har kuch ko Bollywood mat banao (It's surprising that within an hour of the attack, their media turned into Bollywood. For God's sake, don't make everything Bollywood)."
"Main hairaan ho gaya, Balki main enjoy kar raha tha jis tarah ki woh baatein kar rahe the (I was astonished in fact, I was enjoying the way they were talking). Main keh raha tha dekho inki soch, yeh apne aap ko padhe likhe log kehte hain (I was saying, look at their thinking, and they call themselves educated people)."
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Since the attack, the Indian government has taken swift non-military action, with great backing from the opposition. The Indus Water Treaty is stopped for the time being, the Attari border has been closed, and visas of all Pakistani nationals have been canceled.
