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U.S. Report: Pak Aiding Ultras
Sunday, May 5, 2002
By M. L. Kak
Tribune News Service

They expressed fear that the US policy was to befriend Pakistan even at the cost of peace, stability and integrity of India simply to have military bases in the land of Jinnah which could help it counter the growing Chinese and Russian influence in South Asia.

JAMMU -- CT
Excerpts from the US State Department’s annual report on “Pattern of global terrorism” presented by US Secretary of State Collin Powell were released to media persons here today.

The Defence Ministry functionaries cited the report while claiming that there has been no decline in the moral and material aid that Islamabad and its agencies have been providing to militants operating in Jammu and Kashmir.

The report, as circulated by the ministry spokesman, says: “The Pakistan increased its support to Taliban and continued it to militant groups active in India held Kashmir, such as Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, some of which had been engaged in terrorism.”

“Pakistan’s military government, headed by Gen Pervez Musharraf, continued plans of previous government to give support to Kashmiri militant groups based in Pakistan. Several of these groups were responsible for attacks against civilians in India held Kashmir.”
(More: The Chandigarh Tribune News Source)
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