Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Field Marshal Asim Munir, in an undated video gaining traction on social media, said that Pakistan received “divine help” during India’s Operation Sindoor in May this year, adding that the country “felt it”. 

‘We saw divine help coming’

“And we saw divine help coming; we felt it…,” Asim Munir said, before adding, “We felt it… so what has been said here is 100 per cent true.” 

Munir was addressing the National Ulema Conference in Islamabad when he made the statement. He even quoted a verse from the Quran during his speech. 

Taliban should choose between Pakistan and TTP: CDF

He also said that the Taliban must make a clear choice between supporting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant group and maintaining relations with Islamabad, according to news agency PTI.

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Pakistan and the Taliban have been at odds over Islamabad’s claim that TTP continues to operate from Afghan territory and that Afghan rulers are not doing enough to put an end to it. While the Taliban denies these allegations, Pakistan maintains that militants routinely cross the Durand Line to carry out attacks inside the country.

“In the TTP formations coming into Pakistan, 70 per cent are Afghans,” Munir added, before asking, “Is Afghanistan not spilling the blood of our Pakistani children?”  

Munir also drew parallels between Pakistan and the state established by the Prophet 1,400 years ago in the Arab region, which is present-day Saudi Arabia. “God gave us the honour of being the protectors of Haramain Sharifain,” he said, referring to Makkah and Madina.

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The Chief of Defence Forces further said that in an Islamic state, only the state itself has the authority to declare jihad. “No one can issue a fatwa for jihad without the order and permission and will of those vested with the authority,” he said during the conference.

Operation Sindoor

India launched Operation Sindoor on the intervening night of May 7-8 in retaliation for the Pahalagam terror attack in April, in which 26 people were killed. The terrorists asked victims about their religion before killing them.

Following heavy damage inflicted during the operation, Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) contacted his Indian counterpart. It was subsequently agreed that both sides would cease all firing and military action on land, air, and sea with effect from the said time on May 10.