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India Backing Taliban, Fomenting Unrest in Pak: Malik
October 26, 2009 Visionmp.com news service
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has once again accused India of stirring up unrest within Pakistan through steps like funding Taliban militants operating along the border with Afghanistan.
Malik said that he was “convinced” of India being among “certain hostile agencies” that are supporting the Taliban to create instability in Pakistan.
India has rejected Pakistan's allegations of funding the Taliban to foment unrest in that country as "baseless" and asked it to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism targeted at New Delhi. "This is completely groundless and baseless," official sources in the External Affairs Ministry were quoted as saying by IANSy when asked about Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik's allegation that India was funding the Taliban to destabilise his country. "India is a victim of terrorism. India's stand on Taliban is well-known and we want Pakistan to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism targeted at India," the sources said.
During an interview to a TV news channel, while responding to a query as to who was supporting the Taliban, Malik said: “There are certain hostile elements against Pakistan and there are certain hostile agencies which do not want Pakistan to be (stabilised).”
In response to another query if India is among the hostile agencies, the minister said: “Yes, of course, I am convinced. I have no doubt about it. I was very open. I have given the full details.
“If the interior minister of India or anyone else wants to confront me, I will be very happy to confront them because I know what I am saying,”
It may be mentioned that last week Malik had said that Pakistan has “solid evidence” of India’s alleged involvement in fomenting unrest in Balochistan province and that he can share it with Indian ministers or representatives at any forum of their choice.
“I invite their interior minister or anyone else (to come to Pakistan) and I will put on record all the material about India’s interference in Balochistan. I’ll prove it to the world,” he had said.
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