New Delhi, April 25 -- Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Asif indirectly admitted that Pakistan as a country has been 'supporting and funding' terrorism for three decades. Asif went on to say that it was a mistake which the country is suffering from.

"Well we have been doing this dirty work for the United States for about three decades, and West, including the Britain," Asif is heard telling British news channelSky News after anchor, Yalda Hakim asked you to admit that Pakistan has a long history of funding and supporting terrorist organisations.

Asif's remarks came amid escalating tensions and Pakistan's downgraded diplomatic relations with India after worst-ever terror attack on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed ...