Army chief asks world community to put pressure on Pakistan

October 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has urged International community to put effective pressure on Pakistan to rein in terrorist networks operating from its soil. Speaking at the seminar titled "Peace and Stability in Afghanistan: The Way Ahead", Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said: The International community should put effective pressure on Pakistan to implement its stated commitment to deal with terrorist groups within its territory." The Foreign Secretary named militant organisations like Al Qeeda, Taliban Quetta Shura, Hizb-e-Islami, Lashkar-e-Toiba and other like-minded terrorist groups that operating from Pakistan.

October 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Linking growing violence in Afghanistan to support from across the border, India Wednesday asked the international community to put effective pressure on Pakistan to crack down on terrorists within its territory, including Al Qaeda, Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). "India has an abiding interest in the stability of Afghanistan, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said at an international seminar on Afghanistan here.

August 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor today said Pakistan was following a dichotomous policy against terror. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a seminar here, General Kapoor said that he finds it rather odd that on the one hand Pakistan was operating against militants within the country on the other hand, it is perpetuating terror by sending in infiltrators into Kashmir.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor Monday embarked on a five-day visit to the US, where he will hold discussions about the Af-Pak policy and regional security situation. Underscoring India's role in the strife-torn Afghanistan-Pakistan region, Kapoor will hold parleys on the issue with senior US military and defence officials.

July 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Army has named Maj. Gen. Ashfaq Nadeem to command the Swat operation against the Taliban, a media report said Saturday.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor Friday expressed his concern over reports of Pakistan's efforts to increase the number of its nuclear warheads. "If the media reports are to be believed, I am told the the number (of Pakistan's nuclear weapons) is limited to 60 but it is increasing.

March 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Army Monday said it was ready to deal with any 'spillover effect' of the terror attack on a police academy in Pakistan. 'Situation in Pakistan is a matter of concern for us.

March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Tuesday said the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore was the result of the 'space' that Pakistan has been conceding to terrorists and the international community must build pressure on Pakistan to dismantle the terror infrastructure on its soil. 'The attack on Sri Lankan cricketers makes it evident that it is the result of the space that Pakistan has been conceding to terrorists and hard-liners.

February 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With Islamabad dithering in its response to the 26/11 terror dossier, India has again asked Pakistan to directly convey its response on the Mumbai carnage instead of airing its views through the media or other fora. 'The fact is that we have Pakistan saying various things at various times, various forms and to various audiences,' Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told journalists on his return from Dhaka late Monday.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The US should deny the Pakistani army all aid till it cooperates fully with the international community in controlling the Taliban in Afghanistan as well as in Pakistan, India's former national security adviser Brajesh Mishra said here Thursday. 'The Pakistan Army can't survive without aid and the economic support of the US,' Mishra said here at a discussion on 'Future directions of US' relations with India and the region'.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Tuesday kept pressure on Pakistan by asking it to stop diversionary tactics as the whole world was closely watching the effectiveness of Islamabad's actions in dismantling the terror infrastructure on its territory that New Delhi holds responsible for the Mumbai carnage. India also reacted cautiously to Pakistan's offer to join the probe into the Mumbai attacks, saying it expected Pakistan to first make full disclosure of its investigations into the Nov 26-29 carnage that claimed more than 170 lives, including those of 26 foreigners, and injured over 300.

January 14th, 2009 JAMMU - Stating that militant incursions from across the border in Kashmir had come down considerably, a senior Indian Army commander Thursday said terrorists training camps were, however, still active in Pakistan. 'There are about 800 terrorists active in Jammu and Kashmir and different (terror) organisations are inter-linked,' Lt.Gen.

January 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A war with Pakistan was the last resort but India was keeping all options open given its view that the 'perpetrators of 26/11' were from that country, Indian Army chief Deepak Kapoor said Wednesday. Stressing that Indian troops were ready, he said: 'We do feel that the perpetrators of 26/11 were from Pakistan.

January 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Monday handed over to Pakistan evidence linking Pakistan-based militants to the Mumbai carnage and intensified international pressure on Islamabad to act against terror outfits in that country. 'We have today given evidence to Pakistan of links between elements in Pakistan and the terrorists who attacked Mumbai,' External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here Monday morning.

December 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor Monday rushed to the Siachen Glacier, the world's highest battle field in Jammu and Kashmir, to take stock of the preparedness of the troops posted there. The visit comes a day after the Pakistan Air Force checked its preparedness by flying fighter jets.