Washington/New Delhi, Apr 25 (UNI) The US House Foreign Affairs Committee has sharply criticised the New York Times’ coverage of the Pahalgam terror attack, accusing the noted publication of downplaying the incident by calling the attackers "militants" instead of terrorists.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee came down on the publication, saying that the attack was a terrorist act “plain and simple”, and added that when it concerns terrorism, the NYT is “removed from reality".
Tagging an NYT article on the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which was headlined by the daily as "At Least 24 Tourists Gunned Down by Militants in Kashmir", the House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote on X, with a red line scoring out the word "Militants", and posted: