India’s foreign minister said Wednesday that Pakistan must take urgent steps to halt cross-border terrorism and rein in Islamic insurgents in Kashmir. Jas want Singh said that Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf had been given enough time to fulfill his pledges to halt terrorism by militants operating from Pakistani soil.’ It is vital that he recognizes the urgency of the situation,’ Singh told reporters at a joint news conference with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. ‘India has waited patiently for the fulfillment of those commitments, which are vital for peace.’ Musharraf, in a speech Monday night, said militant infiltration into Indian-controlled Kashmir had stopped. India called the comments ‘dangerous’ and insists the guerrillas fighting for Indian Kashmir’s independence or merger with Pakistan are as active as ever. Straw was asked which side he believes.’ The testament of any statement is by actions and not by words,’ he responded.
‘The international community looks to press Musharraf to assure that this undertaking is fulfilled on the ground.’ Earlier in the day, Straw told reporters that he reassured Singh and other Cabinet ministers that Britain condemns terrorism ‘in all its forms, including cross-border terrorism, and terrorism that is dressed up as ‘freedom fighters.’ ‘He was referring to India’s long-standing claim that Pakistan sponsors the Islamic militants who have been waging the 12-year insurgency in Kashmir, which has claimed 60, 000 lives.’ The United Kingdom stands four-square behind India in its fight against terrorism,’ Straw said. Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over the disputed Himalayan province since independence from Britain in 1947. They now seem to be on the brink of yet another war, having placed one million troops along their border since India blamed Pakistan for a militant attack on its Parliament in December. The South Asian rivals renewed their war rhetoric in the past week, after Pakistan test-fired missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads into India. Meanwhile, cross-border firing along resumed Wednesday, with at least six people reportedly killed in Dr as, 150 miles north of Srinagar, the summer capital of India’s northwestern Jammu-Kash mu state.
The Term Paper on India pakistan Nuclear Threat part 1
India-Pakistan Nuclear Threat In May 1998, India carried out five nuclear tests and formally declared itself a "nuclear weapon state" (NWS). This dramatic move stunned the world and immediately triggered a new round of the nuclear arms race in South Asia. India's archenemy, Pakistan, responded by setting off six announced nuclear tests just two weeks later. The nuclear crisis in South Asia was ...
An Indian army statement said heavy shelling was also under way in border areas of Jammu, the state’s winter capital. photo.
