Lashkar, Jaish have become 'thekedars' of jehad: Musharraf

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, the two militant outfits blamed by India for December 13 attack on Parliament, have become agents of jehadi operations abroad but at the same time ruled out extraditing 20 criminals and terrorists wanted by New Delhi.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, the
two militant outfits blamed by India for December 13 attack on Parliament, have become agents of jehadi operations abroad but at the same time ruled out extraditing 20 criminals and terrorists wanted by New Delhi.

Also, Musharraf denied that Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) was playing any destabilising role in country's politics.
Addressing the Pakistani media on Friday at the end of his week-long tour to the US, he said groups like Lashkar and Jaish have assumed the 'thekedari' (agents) of jehad in many countries and had become active participants in international politics.

Such meddling is wrong. It is because of this that Pakistan is being accused of promoting terrorism all over the world, He was quoted today in the Pakistan media as saying.

He said organisations, which were founded in Pakistan have begun claiming to operate in Afghanistan and Chechnya. This could not be allowed and he had taken the necessary action.

Musharaf did not refer to their involvement in cross-border terrorism into India.

His government earlier claimed that Lashkar and Jaish, along with other Islamic sectarian outfits, were banned for fomenting domestic turmoil but the action came after India blamed the two militant groups for their involvement in the December 13 attack on Parliament.

Musharraf said Lashkar and Jaish were banned in our national interest. After my January 12th speech they (India) should have withdrawn from our borders themselves. They did not. They have their political reasons too.

Bureau Report

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