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Pak. continuing with proxy war: Fernandes

SIACHEN BASE, OCT 20. The Defence Minister, Mr. George Fernandes, today accused Pakistan of aiding and abetting terrorism against India and said that international community should take concerted efforts to eradicate the menace.

``No airstrike can eradicate the menace of terrorism completely and international community has to make concerted efforts to eradicate it,'' he said addressing the troops at the Siachen base camp.

Mr. Fernandes, who visited the world's highest battlefield for the first time in his second stint as the Defence Minister, said ``India has been highlighting the menace of terrorism for decades now. But, unfortunately the world never understood our contention that terrorism has no boundaries''.

Accusing Islamabad of continuing with the proxy war, Mr. Fernandes said Pakistan had been abetting terrorism and pumping narcotics money in training and equipping militants.

Later, Mr. Fernandes visited Watlab area in Baramulla district to review the counter insurgency operations of the Army.

- PTI

We can tackle J&K terrorism: Advani

By Our Correspondent

SHIMLA, OCT. 20. The Union Home Minister, Mr. L.K. Advani, said today that though India had been trying to attract the world's attention to the menace of terrorism for a long time, not much attention was paid to it. But now, after the terrorist attacks on the U.S., the world opinion has started emerging.

Mr. Advani, who was in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, to inaugurate a Hydro power project, said India was fully capable of handling the terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir without any outside help. It has become a global problem now and the consensus on solving it was a welcome development.

Warns Pakistan

PTI reports:

Mr. Advani warned Pakistan to be prepared for consequences if it continued with its policy of supporting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

``Hot pursuit is accepted as a legitimate course of action in international law, but at the moment we are confident we will be able to overcome terrorism without resorting to that'', he told presspersons.

During the Kargil war, he said, ``there was a desire, there was a natural inclination to go beyond the LoC, but we did not do it. We exercised restraint even at that time''.

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