Union Home Minister L K Advani today expressed apprehensions that terrorists operating in Afghanistan may cross over to India following the defeat of Taliban and called for utmost vigilance on New Delhi`s part.
"We have to be vigilant against the risk of terrorists engaged in terrorism in Afghanistan, who have now come to Pakistan, spilling over into our borders. We have to be wary and vigilant," Advani told PTI after addressing the 36th Raising Day function of the Border Security Force (BSF). He, however, said after September 11, there is a "universal feeling of revulsion" against state-sponsored terrorism.
"This has provided us with an opportunity to stamp out terrorism from our country. It is upto us to convert this challenge into an opportunity," Advani said.
Earlier, addressing BSF personnel, he said the ongoing developments in Afghanistan has raised several "question marks" about what shape the future will take in the war-torn country and what would be its impact on Pakistan. "The future developments may deepen our problems or ensure that Pakistan loses its potential to create trouble in Jammu and Kashmir," he said.
"Our security forces should realise that we can convert this challenge into an opportunity and uproot terrorism forever," the Home Minister said.
He said after the terror strikes in US, "India`s war against terrorism has become the world`s war". Bureau Report