--- title: India's Modi Suggests Pakistan Is 'Mothership of Terrorism' description: He did not explicitly name Pakistan, but stated that "tragically, the mothership of terrorism is a country in India's neighborhood" canonical: https://time.com/4532875/modi-pakistan-terrorism-mothership/ author: Tekendra Parmar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-17T06:03:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:13:31.518Z article:section: World og:title: India's Modi Suggests Pakistan Is 'Mothership of Terrorism' og:description: India has long accused its northern neighbor of sponsoring terrorism og:url: https://time.com/4532875/modi-pakistan-terrorism-mothership/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6542a04ac8feb20b/6988aa2a656a3f645fbcd783/ap930995694081.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Putin visits Goa, India. Day Two og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: India's Modi Suggests Pakistan Is 'Mothership of Terrorism' twitter:description: India has long accused its northern neighbor of sponsoring terrorism twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6542a04ac8feb20b/6988aa2a656a3f645fbcd783/ap930995694081.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Indian Prime Minister Suggests That Pakistan Is the 'Mothership of Terrorism' by [Tekendra Parmar](/author/tekendra-parmar/) ## Tekendra Parmar Oct 17, 2016 6:03 AM CUT  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS Summit in Goa, India, on Oct. 16, 2016 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS Summit in Goa, India, on Oct. 16, 2016Mihail Metzel—Sputnik/AP by [Tekendra Parmar](/author/tekendra-parmar/) ## Tekendra Parmar Oct 17, 2016 6:03 AM CUT Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested that Pakistan is the “mothership of terrorism” during a summit of BRICS nations in Goa, India, on Sunday. According to Reuters, the Prime Minister [told the summit](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-brics-idUSKBN12G080 "undefined"), “Terrorism poses a grave threat to peace, security, and development” in the region. Although he did not explicitly name Pakistan, Modi stated, “tragically, the mothership of terrorism is a country in India’s neighborhood.” India has long accused its northern neighbor of sponsoring cross-border terrorism, including an attack on Sept. 18 on an Indian army base in Uri, Kashmir, which killed 19 Indian soldiers in the worst such assault in 14 years. Islamabad denies any role in the terrorist attack on the Uri army base, and in turn accuses New Delhi of misleading its summit partners in order to obfuscate the Indian government’s own human-rights violations in Kashmir Although Modi gained support from the West and Russia after the terrorist attack, his comments will test India’s relationship with its largest neighbor, China, a longtime ally of Pakistan. 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