Pakistan Minister Khawaja Asif Faces Backlash Over Gesture to Afghan Journalist

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif drew criticism after a video showed him making a throat-slitting gesture toward an Afghan woman journalist at the UN General Assembly. When asked about Pakistan's message to the Taliban on women's rights, Asif interrupted, pointed at her attire, and said, "Don't go back like this over there," while moving his hand across his neck. The incident occurs amid heightened Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions following Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan.