New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Charlie Kirk, a top podcaster and close ally of US President Donald Trump who was shot dead at an event at a Utah college on Wednesday, had weighed in on the military conflict between India and Pakistan in May, cautioning against any direct US involvement.

Referring to the tensions following the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor, India's retaliatory strikes on terror camps inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Charlie Kirk, on his podcast uploaded in May with the title "What the Heck is Going on in India!", said the two countries were "on the verge of war".

He accused Pakistan of sheltering terrorists and called it a "sneaky actor", while describing India as a largely Hindu-majority nation furi...