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The next two days would be crucial in determining how the situation would unfold, senior security officials were quoted as saying by the local media on a background briefing organised for Pakistani journalists on Saturday.
Pakistan would wind up its "war on terror" on the Afghan borders if the situation in the east "spiralled out of control", the officials were quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper. The top officials categorised the current state of Pakistan-India relations as "tense".
"They (Indians) are taking the escalation level up at a very brisk pace," one official said.
Describing the situation as "crisis-like", the officials said Pakistan would pull out "all the troops" now deployed in the country's northwest if India deployed forces on its border with Pakistan.
There are about 90,000 to 100,000 troops fighting pro-Taliban militants in the tribal belt, the officials said.
India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire along the borders in Kashmir in late 2003, allowing Islamabad to divert more troops for quelling a raging Taliban-led insurgency in North West Frontier Province and adjoining tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. The US has described the tribal belt as a safe haven for Taliban and al-Qaeda elements.
If tension escalated with India, the "war on terror won't be our priority", a security official said during the briefing. He said the Pakistani security establishment would not "leave anything" on the Afghan border if troops were diverted to the Indian frontier.
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These are games that the pakis have learned to play well, with good monetary results. They have essentially "blackmailed" the US out of billions of dollars during the US involvement in Afghanistan. Now, they are thinking ahead and milking the chinese, who are more than willing to do anything to hurt India. India must work with Iran to use an Iranian port and road to Afghanistan via Iran (both of which are ready)to increase it's presence in Afghanistan. It must also support Balochistan independence. It will be interesting how pakistan handles problems on both it's eastern and western borders simultaneously! This is a once in a million opportunity for India. India cannot let Afghanistan slip under the influence of pakistan and china.
many of indians here in london feel that our media is not giving us the facts of mumbai attacks.they had started a blame game once again.the death of encounter specialist had caused some reservations in our mind that the hindu extremists can b apart to these terrorists bcz he was collecting evidences about some of them.also there cod b a chance that like samjotha express reveals there cod b an another hand behind it.media also had 2 project that....n ivestigate it
Was malegaon blast investigation iniatated at centre by friends(leaning towards LeT) of terrorists who are suitabily placed in bureocracy/politics to engage ATS mumbai/ INVESTIGATING agency at centre and then strike right under their NOSE.TBy doing so they not only maligned our sadhus/sadhvi but also our armed forces personnel.is MALEGAON BLAST INVESTIGATION just DIVERSIONARY TACTICS.