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Bengaluru, April 4 (CRICKETNMORE) - <\/strong>India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday slammed former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi following his tweet on condemning anti-terror operations in Kashmir.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"As an Indian you want to express what is best for your nation and my interests are always for the benefit of our nation. If anything opposes it, I would never support it for sure," Kohli told reporters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"But having said that, it's a very personal choice for someone to comment about certain issues. Unless I have total knowledge of the issues and the intricacies of it I don't engage in it but definitely, your priority stays with your nation," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

India's first World Cup winning skipper Kapil Dev also took a dig at Afridi, saying: "Who is he? Why are we giving importance to him? We should not be giving importance to certain people."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Afridi had on Tuesday condemned the recent anti-terror operations by Indian security forces in Kashmir and had urged the United Nations to stop the bloodshed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Appalling and worrisome situation ongoing in the Indian Occupied Kashmir. Innocents being shot down by oppressive regime to clamp voice of self determination and independence. Wonder where is the @UN and other int bodies and why aren't they making efforts to stop this bloodshed?" Afridi had tweeted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We respect all. And this is an example as sportsman. But when it comes to human rights we expect the same for our innocent Kashmiris," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Following the tweet, seasoned India opener Gautam Gambhir had lashed out at the Pakistani saying: "Afridi is only looking for UN which in his retarded dictionary means "UNDER NINTEEN" his age bracket."<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Virat-Kohli-slams.jpg", "alt_img": "Virat Kohli slams Afridi's comments on Kashmir Images", "alt_title": "Virat Kohli slams Afridi's comments on Kashmir", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Kohli slams Afridi's comments on Kashmir", "seo_desc": "Check for Virat Kohli slams Afridi's comments on Kashmir on Cricketnmore.com", "seo_keywords": "Shahid Afridi, Virat Kohli", "tag": "", "tagging": "Shahid Afridi,Virat Kohli,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "Kohli slams Afridi's comments on Kashmir", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "1560", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2018-04-04 18:32:26", "updated": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2018-04-04 18:32:26", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2018-04-04 18:32:26", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "england_cricket": "0", "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/Kohli-slams-Afridis-comments-on-Kashmir-36609" }