Pak. won't get backing on Kashmir: Advani

By Our Special Correspondent

MANESAR, (HARYANA), OCT. 16. India is fully capable of dealing with its problems on its own, the Union Home Minister, Mr. L.K. Advani, said here today, scoffing at Pakistan's attempt to link its support to the U.S.-led coalition against terrorism with Jammu and Kashmir.

``Our neighbouring country says it is supporting the international coalition against terrorism because it feels that it will get some support for whatever it is doing in Jammu and Kashmir. This is very strange. Whatever it may say will not get any help or backing for what it is doing in Kashmir,'' Mr. Advani said.

On the other hand, he said, the climate the world over was such that it would prove helpful to India in solving the problem of cross-border terrorism in the Valley.

Mr. Advani was addressing the crack commandos and personnel of the National Security Guards (NSG) on its 17th Raising Day here. The two Ministers of State for Home, Mr. Vidyasagar Rao and Mr. I.D. Swami, senior officials of the Ministry and the Central forces were present.

He said no terrorist group, including the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Jaish-e-Mohammad or the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, could fight the ``immense power'' of a strong India. ``Any terrorist organisation cannot do anything. The real danger is when these groups get the backing, support and patronage from another nation.''

India had been facing the problem of cross-border, state- sponsored terrorism for the past fifteen years during which the country witnessed mindless violence and substantial loss of innocent lives. ``Any country using terrorism as its national policy should be ostracised and declared a pariah,'' Mr. Advani said emphasising that international opinion would be able to put a stop on several such trends.

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