Pakistan, India trade barbs at UN Security Council over Afghanistan

• Exchange took place after New Delhi’s representative condemned Pakistan for carrying out air strikes on TTP hideouts • Chinese envoy says Beijing working to reduce Islamabad-Kabul tensions WASHINGTON: Pakistan and India exchanged strong words at a United Nations Security Council meeting during a debate on Afghanistan, with Islamabad defending its counter-terrorism actions and New Delhi condemning cross-border air strikes. The exchange followed remarks by Naseer Ahmad Faiq, who serves as interim charge d’affaires of Afghanistan’s permanent mission to the United Nations. Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities are not represented at the UN and do not recognise Mr Faiq. In his statement,…