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Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Pakistan Seizes Weapons Allegedly from India.

Pakistani interior minister, Rehman Malik, claims that a large weapons cache recently found in the town of Bara which is close to the Afghan border, were originated in India. He accused India of fomenting instability in the country by supporting separatists in Baluchistan and militants in Waziristan. The chief minister of Punjab province also has accused India of behind attacks as he was touring hospitals visiting victims of Monday's bombings in the Lahore, which killed 48 people. (AKI)

The accusations against archenemy India is nothing new, but rarely do they ever back up their statements with facts. The weapons where discovered in areas that have a strong Taliban influence. Taliban sympathizers in the Pakistani government want the country to focus on the threat posed by India and not by ISI inspired groups. The Indian threat is the one thing that unites fractious Pakistan. With little information available its hard to discern the truth of these allegations. Pakistani FM Makhdoom Qureshi himself stated that more information would be needed to back up its assertions of India's role in the unrest.

"We need more information and material to plausibly argue our case (against India)." Qureshi (Dawn)

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