Pakistan Funded Terrorism: Viral Journalist Yalda Hakim talks about the interview with Khawaja Asif, 'He made it clear ...' | Today news

Yalda Hakim talked about her interaction with the Minister of Defense in Pakistan Khawaja Asif. The Australian journalist, who works for Sky News, became viral in India due to her interview with the Pakistani minister after the Pahalgam terror attack. On camera, Khawaja Asif blatantly acknowledged Pakistan’s involvement in government -financed terrorism. During an interview with Ranveer Allahbadia, Yalda Hakim talked about the interaction. “I immediately realized that it was extraordinary. And I thought he might not be completely processing what I said. Maybe I misunderstood him. So I wanted clarity and I initially pushed him again, ‘she said. “I couldn’t believe what I heard. He said: “We have done the dirty work of the West, and yes, we have these proxies, and they exist, and that is how it is”. “I joked and I said,” Well, is that your justification? Are you justifying now that Pakistan has this connection to terror groups, because we go back to the Mujahedin, the CIA and the dirty work? So, it’s just a part of what Pakistan is doing, ‘the Australian journalist said. “The interview passed about 18 minutes and he did not return at any time. He made it clear to me that he understood what I was saying. He’s going to say what he’s going to say. Pakistan had the longest history and what the lower abdomen was, and the so -called deep state of Pakistan and how they work, ‘she added. Who is Yalda Hakim? Yalda Hakim told Beerbiceps about her younger days. She was born in Kabul. Her father studied architecture in Czechoslovakia, but returned to Afghanistan. When the Soviet occupation destabilized the country, he refused to join the military. So the family, Yalda, her mother and two older siblings, fled Afghanistan at night and traveled on foot and horse with the help of people smugglers. They faced danger of Mujahideen and air bombing. They reached Pakistan, where her mother, a midwife, worked with an Austrian NGO in the Swat Valley. Her father opened an architectural firm in Islamabad. After two years, an architect in Australia sponsored them, and the family moved there. Yalda was about three and a half years old. She grew up in Sydney, became a TV journalist and was later rented by the BBC in London. After more than a decade at BBC, she joined Sky News to lead an evening of the foreign affairs and continues to travel for her work.