New Delhi, June 15 -- The United States had invited Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir as a guest during the 250th anniversary celebrations of the US Armed Forces, according to several media reports.

These reports invited political backlash in India with the Congress party calling it a 'diplomatic setback' for India, more so in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor - India's precision strikes on terror camps in Pakistan last month. The strikes were carried out after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in the popular hill station of Jammu and Kashmir.

Did the US actually invite General Munir? The White House has reportedly denied that any foreign military leaders, including General Munir, were inv...