India's new govt urges Pakistan to target militants

[Coventina]

Source: Reuters

NEW DELHI, May 23 (Reuters) - India's new coalition government said on Saturday it was up to Pakistan to take the first step towards better ties by cracking down on militants on its soil.

"They should take determined and credible action to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism operating from their territory that has been the stumbling block," new Foreign Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna told reporters soon after he was named to the post.

India has ruled out talks with Pakistan unless it moves against militants New Delhi said carried out attacks on Mumbai last November, in which at least 166 people were killed.

Pakistan says it has detained some suspects and sought more evidence from New Delhi for any further action.



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[lapfog_1]

1. It would be better for India to STFU on this.

Pakistan's government is doing a credible job right now against the Taliban... the failure of the Swat agreement finally hit them in the face with some cold water. They don't need India cheerleading on the sidelines and providing the Taliban with propaganda material.

At least, IHMO.

[Deja Q]

2. I don't know the inflection, but I will accept, for now, at face value, India is being sincere.

Nobody wants war and terrorists are something of a legitimate threat.

The Taliban will say and do what they want, regardless, anyway.

[lapfog_1]

3. It's not the Taliban that I worry about

It's the Pakistani military and the ISI.

If they start to believe that they are the puppets of India and the US (which, in no small part, is true), they may switch sides and do the usual military coup... and that might allow a Taliban sympathizer to be the next dictator in a nuclear armed Pakistan. It's not like they haven't had a history of military coups.

Joe Biden was correct on this point.