Pak accuses India of training terrorists

Pakistan on Monday accused New Delhi of running over 55 terrorist training camps across the Line of Control to carry
out subversive activities against it.

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"We believe there are several terrorist training camps in India across the LoC and Pakistan-India border," Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan told reporters at a weekly briefing.

Khan said according to Pakistan's estimates there were more than 55 camps currently being run to target Pakistan and to fuel sectarian differences in the country.

"This is not a secret. The Indians know about it and we know about it," he said adding that "this apparatus of terrorist training camps must be dismantled by India if it is serious in its pursuit of peace in South Asia."

Islamabad's accusation came a day after it charged India with amassing troops in the Dras-Kargil sector for military action against Pakistan, a charge denied by New Delhi.

The spokesman chose to skirt a question as to why Pakistan had not taken up the issue with India during the Agra summit in July 2001.

Khan also held India responsible for missing a 'historic opportunity' to restore peace in the region by rejecting President Pervez Musharraf's 'constructive proposal' to agree to a cease-fire on the Line of Control.

"The president had made very constructive proposals to the Indian government to resolve the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and bring peace and stability to our areas," he said.

Khan said the proposal should have been given due consideration as "it had all the weight, elements and ingredients for breakthrough between the two countries."