India, April 27 -- Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi pointed his fingers at the Indian army, blaming their security lapse behind the deadly terror attack in south Kashmir's Pahalgam, which saw 26 civilians lose their lives on Tuesday.

Speaking to Samaa TV, Afridi said: "Patakha phat jaata hai wahaan par, Pakistan ne kiya (Even if a firecracker bursts there, they will blame it on Pakistan)."

"Tum logon ki 8 lakh hi fauj hai Kashmir mein aur yeh ho gaya. Iska matlab nalayak ho, nikamme ho na tum log security de nahi sake logon ko (You have an 800,000-strong army in Kashmir and this still happened. It means you are inefficient and useless if you can't provide security to the people)."

On Tuesday, at the Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam, te...