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Indian PM accuses Pakistan over Mumbai attacks
AFP - Wednesday, January 7
NEW DELHI (AFP) - - India's prime minister on Tuesday said the Mumbai attacks had the support of "some official agencies" in Pakistan, and said Islamabad was using terrorism as an "instrument of state policy."
Pakistan angrily rejected the allegations, accusing its nuclear-armed rival of embarking on a "propaganda offensive" that was "fraught with grave risks."
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's latest comments on the November 26-29 attacks, which killed 172 people including nine gunmen, were seen as the strongest yet directed at Pakistan.
"There is enough evidence to show that given the sophistication and military precision of the Mumbai attacks, it must have had the support of some official agencies in Pakistan," Singh told a conference in New Delhi.
"Unfortunately, we cannot choose our neighbours, and some countries like Pakistan have in the past encouraged and given sanctuary to terrorists and other forces who are antagonistic to India."
Speaking at a conference of chief ministers of Indian states on internal security, the prime minister also said that cross-border infiltrations from Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region had not stopped.
"The governments in some of our neighbouring countries are very fragile in nature. The more fragile a government, the more it tends to act in an irresponsible fashion," Singh said.
The prime minister said the Mumbai attacks were designed to strike India's economic and security interests, and were "clearly carried out" by the banned Pakistan-based outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Westerners were particularly targeted during the attacks to "convey an impression that India was unsafe as a destination for the West and Western investments," Singh told the chief ministers.
Pakistan's foreign ministry issued a strong statement in response.
"The government of Pakistan emphatically rejects the unfortunate allegations levelled against Pakistan by the prime minister of India in New Delhi today," the statement said.
"Instead of responding positively to Pakistan's offer of cooperation and constructive proposals, India has chosen to embark on a propaganda offensive. It will not only ratchet up tensions but occlude facts and destroy all prospects of serious and objective investigations.
"Pakistan is a victim of terrorism... Pakistan is not a state sponsor of terrorism," it added.
The latest row came a day after New Delhi said it had handed over evidence linking "elements in Pakistan" to the Mumbai attackers.
The government also said it was launching a major diplomatic offensive to maintain international pressure on Islamabad, which has so far rejected New Delhi's demands to extradite a number of terrorist suspects.
Islamabad confirmed that it had received the dossier, and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani again said he would take action if "credible evidence" was provided.
The material includes details of the interrogation of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman -- also known as Mohammed Ajmal Kasab -- who was the lone surviving gunman and who India says is a Pakistani national.
It also details the militants' communications with "elements" in Pakistan during the attack, recovered weapons and other equipment, retrieved global positioning system data and satellite phones.
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had previously said that the gunmen who stormed India's financial capital were "non-state" actors.
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