Dar es Salam:
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Headley's damning testimony on ISI's links to the 2008 Mumbai attacks leaves Pakistan with "much to answer" to the world, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said.
The Chicago trial of Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Rana and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Headley's testimony in the case have thrown up startling revelations over how the powerful spy agency ISI directly handled the 26/11 attacks on India's financial capital.
"I think ISI and the government of Pakistan has so much to answer, not only to India but to the international community," Krishna said.
India has time and again raised the issue of action against Mumbai attacks masterminds with Pakistan, and Headley's claims have only buttressed India's position that ISI was linked to 2008 terror attack that left 166 people dead.
With fresh disclosures coming from Chicago, New Delhi feels its worst fears have come true about Pakistan's ISI "working very closely" with terror outfits in that country and being behind a sustained "hate campaign" against India.
Headley's depositions in Mumbai terror attack trial in a Chicago court have "confirmed our suspicions that ISI is not only behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks but is also actively involved in a sustained hate campaign against India," Indian government sources said.
"Pakistan has a lot to answer and these things cannot be brushed under the carpet," the sources said.
Asked whether the fresh revelations would hamper the Indo-Pak dialogue process, the sources said while one cannot "gloss over the diabolical aspects", India would keep its engagement going with Pakistan.
The Chicago trial of Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Rana and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Headley's testimony in the case have thrown up startling revelations over how the powerful spy agency ISI directly handled the 26/11 attacks on India's financial capital.
"I think ISI and the government of Pakistan has so much to answer, not only to India but to the international community," Krishna said.
India has time and again raised the issue of action against Mumbai attacks masterminds with Pakistan, and Headley's claims have only buttressed India's position that ISI was linked to 2008 terror attack that left 166 people dead.
With fresh disclosures coming from Chicago, New Delhi feels its worst fears have come true about Pakistan's ISI "working very closely" with terror outfits in that country and being behind a sustained "hate campaign" against India.
Headley's depositions in Mumbai terror attack trial in a Chicago court have "confirmed our suspicions that ISI is not only behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks but is also actively involved in a sustained hate campaign against India," Indian government sources said.
"Pakistan has a lot to answer and these things cannot be brushed under the carpet," the sources said.
Asked whether the fresh revelations would hamper the Indo-Pak dialogue process, the sources said while one cannot "gloss over the diabolical aspects", India would keep its engagement going with Pakistan.
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