Saturday, December 27, 2008

Pakistan cautions India against "non-state actors"

Pakistan cautions India against "non-state actors"
Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:32pm GMT By Zeeshan Haider

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's president promised on Saturday to rid the country of terrorism and his prime minister said the military would not take action first in any face-off with India.

Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours have deteriorated after India blamed Islamist militants based in Pakistan for the last month's attacks on Mumbai that killed 179 people.

In a sign of mounting tension, Pakistan has cancelled army leave and shifted some troops from its western border with Afghanistan to the eastern border with India.

Pakistan has condemned the Mumbai attacks and has denied any state role, blaming "non-state actors."

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