Washington: Pakistan not doing enough on terrorism

The United States has delivered a strong warning to Pakistan that it is not doing enough to combat terrorism in the wake of the recent attacks in Mumbai.  Pakistani National Security Adviser, Mahmud Ali Durrani, was told during an official visit to the US the recent attacks in Mumbai are a significant event and cannot be "swept under the carpet."

A Pakistan News quotes a source familiar with the discussions saying:

The curt message that Mr Durrani and the Pakistani team received from the Americans was: this is not 2002 and you cannot do what President (Pervez) Musharraf did after 9/11…In the past, you swept everything under the carpet while the problems were allowed to fester. No more.

For background and analysis, visit this APB Reader on India and Pakistan

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APB Reader - India and Pakistan

As tensions simmer between India and Pakistan following the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, this APB Reader draws on resources from around the world to provide a context for recent events

India/Pakistan Relations

• RAW: India's External Intelligence Agency Jayshree Bajoria - cfr.org backgrounder
• "Will Kashmir Stop India's Rise" Sumit Ganguly Foreign Affairs
• Mumbai: A battle in the war for Pakistan Daniel Markey – cfr.org expert brief

Terrorism

• Lashkar-e-Taiba (Army of the Pure) Jayshree Bajoria - cfr.org profile
• The Ideologies of South Asian Jihadi Groups Husain Haqqani - Carnegie Endowment for Peace
• Pakistan's New Generation of Terrorists Jayshree Bajoria - cfr.org backgrounder
• South Asia conflict map - South Asia Terrorism Portal
• The ISI and Terrorism Eban Kaplan and Jayshree Bajoria - cfr.org backgrounder
• Lashkar-e-Tayyiba – globalsecurity.org

Nuclear Proliferation

• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Neither India or Pakistan are signatories to the treaty)

Links

• Jama’t-ud—Da’wah Pakistan website
• India/Pakistan Map