Pakistan Still Training Terrorists: Indian Army
Dated 6/5/2008
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The terror infrastructure in Pakistan is still operational and the neighboring country is harboring militants, a top army officer said on Tuesday.
"The terror infrastructure is intact in Pakistan for training militants. The Pakistani establishment is wary of India's growth," Lt-Gen R K Karwal, General-Officer-Commanding (GOC), 16 Corps, told a two-day national seminar here on 'Pakistan: past, present and future'.
"Terror infrastructure is existing in that country despite the change (in the political scenario) in Pakistan," he said, adding that Pakistani people, by and large, did not support militants and fundamentalists.
"Pakistan is besotted with numerous problems ranging from ethnic feuds, rise of fundamentalist Taliban and lack of economic development.
"The people in general are also fed up with the US and its association with their country. They see the US as a bigger enemy than the Taliban," Karwal said, at the seminar organised by the Centre for Regional and Strategic Studies (CRSS) of the University of Jammu and the 16 Corps headquarters.
On the economic front, he said while India has made tremendous strides, Pakistan lags behind due to pre-occupation with its internal problems.