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SM Krishna says India wants Taliban to be eliminated |
Rejecting to Islamabad's
charge of New Delhi funding the Taliban, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna
on Tuesday said that India wants the Taliban and Talibanism to be totally eliminated.
The reaction came a day after Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that
India is providing funds for Taliban fighters located along the Afghanistan border
for creating chaos in Pakistan. Malik said that he is completely "convinced" that
India is one of those "certain hostile agencies" which are providing funds for
the Taliban for creating unrest in Pakistan. Malik also added he was ready to
confront the Indian Government with evidence in this regard. Refuting Pakistan's
allegations, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said it's not
at all in the business of destabilizing its neighbors. "We don't believe that
there is any such evidence because we know we are not a country that believes
in de-stabilizing our neighbors. We would not be interesting in fomenting any
trouble in Pakistan, that's not our style, that's not the kind of policy we conduct.
But if they feel they have any information to share with us, why should we refuse
to receive it?," said Tharoor. "They have had plenty of opportunities to meet
Indian officials and so far we have not seen any evidence," he added. Krishna
is in Bangalore to attend the ninth trilateral meeting of Russia, India and China
(RIC). Foreign Ministers of India, China and Russia S M Krishna, Yang Jiechi and
Sergey Lavrov respectively will discuss the trilateral issues in the meeting. |
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