Indonesia and Pakistan have agreed to work together to stamp out radical Islam as part of efforts to stop future deadly militant attacks, a report said Monday.
They have formed a joint working group amid concerns some Indonesians have attended Islamic schools in Pakistan and have later undergone training in extremist camps, said Indonesian senior anti-terror officer Ansyaad Mbai. "We will work together in a joint working group to find, among others, a new method to eradicate radicalism in Islam that often becomes the root of terrorism," Mbai was quoted as saying by the state Antara news agency.
He did not say whether Pakistani officials had visited the Southeast Asian nation recently to formalise the agreement, nor who would makeup the group. Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, has seen deadly bombing attacks in recent years blamed on the al Qaeda-linked regional extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).
Security experts have said JI militants, including one of its main leaders, fugitive Abu Dujana, have undergone training in weapons and combat in camps in Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan. Mbai said Indonesia had formed similar working groups with Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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