India demands action after Imran's 'glaring admission' on 30-40K terrorists in Pak

India on Thursday termed as "glaring admission" Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's comments that his country had 30,000 to 40,000 terrorists who fought in Kashmir and Afghanistan, and asked him to take "credible and irreversible" action against the terror networks.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said it was not the first time that Pakistan and its leadership owned up to the presence of terrorists in that country who are sent to India to carry out attacks.

Addressing a think-tank in Washington on Tuesday, Khan said about 30,000 to 40,000 terrorists who had trained and fought in "some part of Afghanistan or Kashmir" were in his country.

"It is a glaring admission by the Pakistani leadership.... This is not the first time that Pakistan and Pakistani leadership owned up to the presence of terror training camps and terrorists in Pakistan.... It is also in public knowledge and international community knows about it," Kumar said.

He said as Khan acknowledged the presence of terrorist training camps in his country, "it is time for them to take credible and irreversible action against the terror camps."