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The Indians government has said that it has "overwhelming evidence" that "official agencies" of Pakistan were involved in the militant attacks on Mumbai. Home Minister Chidambaram also accused Pakistan in a TV interview, to be aired on Sunday, of doing nothing to dismantle "the infrastructure of terrorism" on its soil amid ongoing tensions between the neighbours.
"Given the overwhelming evidence we have, I am entitled to presume that official agencies (of Pakistan) were involved (in the attacks)," he said, referring to Pakistans powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency and other bodies.
Chidambaram said that the threat faced by India from Pakistan-based militants remained virtually undiminished. His comments came as security has emerged as a top issue in general elections to be held from April 16 to May 13. They were the latest in a stream of Indian government criticism of Pakistan since the November attacks that killed 165 people, reflecting what analysts say is New Delhis anger over what it regards as Islamabads laxness in taking strong action against the planners.
Asked if Pakistan had dismantled the militant infrastructure on its turf, Chidambaram told Indias CNN-IBN network that "none" of the militant training camps had been destroyed "to the best of my knowledge". Pakistanis were only destroying "training camps that mushroom in villages with kutcha (temporary) structures" and "can be dismantled and erected elsewhere," he said. "They (Pakistan) are still attempting to infiltrate people across the border and across the Line of Control, he said. "Therefore, we have put our (security) forces on a high alert between now and the elections."

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2009

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