India, Pakistan should jointly fight terrorism: Official

October 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Government on Thursday condemned the car bomb attack outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul, saying elements in Afghanistan were intent on sabotaging the peace efforts initiated by allied forces. Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit told media persons here that some elements in Afghanistan were trying to damage relations between New Delhi and Islamabad.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after describing Pakistan as the home of a global syndicate of terrorism, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said she has seen real commitment by the Pakistan government to fight terrorism and underlined that Islamabad deserved support. "I have seen a real commitment by the Pakistan government in fighting terrorism," Clinton said while interacting with students at Delhi University.

June 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States' Central Intelligence Agency chief, Leon E Panetta, will visit Pakistan soon in a bid to persuade Islamabad to let New Delhi play an important role in the US-led counter-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Though US Embassy declined to comment on the matter officially, The Nation's diplomatic sources revealed that Panetta, in line with US AfPak policy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, would discuss these proposals with Pakistani authorities during his upcoming visit.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has asserted that India is determined to fight terrorism jointly with other countries. After meeting with representatives of SAARC nations here on Monday, Krishna said that India would try to find a path of sustainable development with energy security along with other global partners.

May 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has alerted the Pakistan Government to "absolutely stop" cross border terrorism in India, US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher has said. "It is important for Pakistan to stop the groups that carry out terrorism in India, absolutely," The Dawn quoted Boucher, as saying.

April 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Britain and Pakistan on Monday expressed a firm resolve to jointly fight against terrorism. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani addressing a joint press conference along with his British counterpart Gordon Brown, said Pakistani is united in the battle against terrorism.

April 24th, 2009 WARSAW - India and Poland have renewed their commitment and determination to fight the menace of terrorism. In a statement issued here on the second day of her three-day visit to Poland, India's President Pratibha Devisingh Patil said that during her meeting with Polish President Lech Kaczyuski, both agreed that their countries had suffered at the hands of the Taliban and al Qaeda.

April 1st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Congress-led central government's policy on terrorism was 'deeply flawed', Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani said here Wednesday while expressing 'shock' at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement about India and Pakistan jointly fighting terrorism.

April 1st, 2009 BHUBANESHWAR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for his statement about the need for India and Pakistan fighting militancy jointly.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expressing sympathies over the terror attack on a Pakistani police academy, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday that both countries should jointly take on terrorists. 'I have always said that India and Pakistan have to face jointly the scourge of terrorism,' he told reporters on the sidelines of the civil investiture ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here.

February 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and the US will evolve a joint strategy to tackle terrorism and extremism in the region, the state-run APP news agency reported Wednesday. US President Barack Obama telephoned his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday and assured him that Washington would continue to provide assistance to Pakistan for the development of its social and economic sectors.

January 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Thursday pledged to work with Pakistan to fight terrorism. 'Pakistan and NATO share common strategic objectives,' Scheffer said at a joint press conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Islamabad.

December 27th, 2008 KOLKATA - India should go to the United Nations (UN) to build 'maximum international pressure on Pakistan' to combat the terrorism issue, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury said Sunday. 'I think India should mobilise maximum international pressure on Pakistan to combat terrorism.

December 26th, 2008 KOLKATA - India is not against any particular country but against terrorism, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday, and urged the Pakistani leadership to join hands in combating it together. 'India is not against any particular country or any religion.

December 25th, 2008 NEW DELHI - Saudi Arabia, a key ally of Pakistan, Friday joined the growing list of nations rallying behind India in the wake of the Mumbai attacks as New Delhi urged Riyadh to persuade Pakistan to wipe out terror infrastructure in that country. Describing terrorism is 'a cancer', Riyadh proposed the creation of a global agency to deal jointly with terror strikes like 26/11 in Mumbai that killed 179 people, including 26 foreigners.