Author: PTI
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: March 31, 2008
The presence of terror camps in Pakistan continues
to haunt the security establishment in India, which still feels that ISI-sponsored
outfits like JeM, LeT and Al-Badr are responsible for carrying out terrorist
attacks in different parts of the country.
"Terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan
and PoK remains largely intact and continues to be used by Pak-based and Inter-Services
Intelligence (ISI)-sponsored outfits like Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Toiba
and Al-Badr for carrying out acts of terror in different parts of the country,"
the Union Home Ministry said.
Noting that there was no change in the attitude
of the ISI in training terror groups like the LeT and JeM, National Security
Advisor MK Narayanan recently said that one of the greatest dangers India
faced was terror camps being run on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border by the
Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
He said that Pakistan continued to acquire
missiles and other weapons and its military strategy remains India-centric.
According to the latest Status Paper on Internal
Security brought out by the MHA, these outfits are "well organised, interlinked,
and have the latest hardware and communication equipment."
The "current strategy" of terrorist
groups is to recruit and train local modules and activate them when required,
maintain flow of finances to sustain terror network and supply hardware through
land and sea routes.
Their strategy is also to target vital installations,
economic infrastructure, VIPs and political leaders, attack soft targets like
market places, mass transit system, places of worship and congregations, and
also provoke communal tension to create a wedge between communities.
