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Militant incursions in Kashmir possible: Musharraf
Islamabad, Aug 20: Rogue Islamic militants may still be crossing the Line of Control into Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan`s President Pervez Musharraf has said.
Islamabad, Aug 20: Rogue Islamic militants may still be crossing the Line of Control into Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has said.
"The possibility is there. It's like the Afghan border, only much worse," Musharraf said in an interview at his official residence outside Islamabad last night. "Militants going across (a possibility)? yes, sympathisers. A possibility of individual small groups going across is there, because when 700,000 troops of Indians can't block the borders, how can they expect us to block the borders?"
However Musharraf, who is also Pakistan's Army Chief, said that there had been no large-scale or government-sponsored movement of Islamic rebels over the de-facto border since he pledged to halt the incursions earlier this year. Bureau Report
"The possibility is there. It's like the Afghan border, only much worse," Musharraf said in an interview at his official residence outside Islamabad last night. "Militants going across (a possibility)? yes, sympathisers. A possibility of individual small groups going across is there, because when 700,000 troops of Indians can't block the borders, how can they expect us to block the borders?"
However Musharraf, who is also Pakistan's Army Chief, said that there had been no large-scale or government-sponsored movement of Islamic rebels over the de-facto border since he pledged to halt the incursions earlier this year. Bureau Report