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India will be victor: Advani

LEH MAY 31. India does not want war but will take all steps to emerge victorious in the ``undeclared war'' being waged by Pakistan for the last fifteen years, the Home Minister, L.K. Advani, said today while laying the foundation of Akashvani Centre here, where he is on a two-day visit.

In this ``undeclared war'', he said, "security agencies alone are not involved but civilians are (also) being targeted and killed and nobody knows which way the situation will take a turn''.

On Pakistan's statement that it would not initiate a war, Mr. Advani wondered what it had been doing all these years. India has been suffering for more than a decade because of the proxy war and still Pakistan has the temerity to say that it would not initiate a war.

``You (Pakistan) have already been waging a war against us,'' he said.

Security forces deployed on the border have to do their job to defend the country's sovereignty but people have to be prepared to make all sacrifices in the present situation, he added. — PTI

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