Author: Press Trust of India
Publication: NDTV.com
Date: November 6, 2011
URL: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/talks-with-pakistan-have-had-no-effect-in-curbing-terror-government-147337?pfrom=home-otherstories
The government on Sunday said Pakistan is
continuing to harbour terrorists on its soil and despite repeated requests
it has taken no steps to dismantle the terror infrastructure there.
"We have been taking up (the issue) with
Pakistan. We have taken (it) up with Pakistan in various forums bilateral
as well as multilateral forums. But unfortunately, it has had no effect on
the ground," Union Home Secretary R K Singh told reporters here.
He was replying to questions on whether Pakistan
has been taking action to stop cross-border terrorism.
"Though they (Pakistan) keep telling
us that they do not encourage terrorists or that they do not encourage people
from operating from their soil, on the ground there has been no difference,"
he said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had recently
said that there were reports of cross-border camps being reactivated and attempts
being made to induct fresh batches of militants into the country.
According to intelligence reports, around
2,500 terrorists were active in training camps and launching pads in Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir and some other areas in Pakistan and that all of them had been primarily
trained to infiltrate into India, official sources said.
The sources said at least 60 infiltration
attempts had taken place along the border in Jammu and Kashmir between January
and August this year and such attempts had intensified ahead of the onset
of winter.
According to a report of the Home Ministry,
infiltration attempts had shown a marginal increase during 2010 in comparison
to 2009. While there were 489 infiltration attempts in 2010, 485 such attempts
were made in 2009.
There have also been increased incidents of
ceasefire violation along the Line of Control. At least 23 incidents of ceasefire
violation have been reported along the LoC till August this year. There were
77 ceasefire violations in 2008 which came down to 28 in 2009 but increased
to 44 in 2010.
