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Terrorists have gripped mainland Pakistan: PM | Visiting Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh told a distinguished gathering at the Centre of Foreign Relations (CFR) here on Monday that his country was very concerned
about terrorists and insurgents, who were once very active along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, stretching their influence into mainland Pakistan. "Terrorist groups who
were once active in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) that
border Afghanistan, are now active and have acquired a grip in mainland Pakistan,"
said Dr. Singh during a question and answer session with noted diplomat and president
of the CFR, Richard Haas. "That is a cause for concern and steps should be taken
to bring them under control. Failing to do so, will have phenomenal consequences
for the security and stability of both India and Pakistan," he added. He also
said that Pakistan was not doing enough to curb terrorism or to bring the perpetrators
of the terrorist attack on Mumbai last year to justice. Asked by Haas whether
he was justified in taking the steps that he and his government did to calm tempers
and reactions in the wake of the incident, Dr. Singh said: "There was enormous
pressure on me at that time and in hindsight, I must say that I resisted that
pressure successfully. The decisions that were taken, on balance, suggest that
they were the right decisions." While refusing to speculate about how India would
react or deal with such incidents in the future, the Prime Minister said: "I won't
speculate about we (India) will or will not do in the future, but I must say that
the world community has an obligation to exert pressure on Pakistan to control
the terrorists and end terrorism on its soil." Asked whether he subscribed to
view that the Mumbai terror attack was planned in Pakistan, he said he and his
government had no doubt on this score. "The terrorists and attackers perpetrated
the crime with the active support of the authorities in Pakistan. Without mincing
words, he said: " Pakistan has not acted as it should have acted against the terrorists.
Nor has it used its machinery to bring to book the perpetrators responsible for
killing 2000 people, innocent people, including some foreigners, in India." He
reiterated that Pakistan must be pressurised much more to bring to book all the
perpetrators, people responsible for this horrible crime, adding that India has
submitted "impeccable evidence" about the conspiracy being hatched in Pakistan
and that it was connived by people still roaming freely in Pakistan. |
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