New Delhi:
Devastation at the Indian embassy in Kabul in July 2008 in which 58 people died in the suicide bombing, which days later was blamed on the Pakistan's ISI.
"We have no doubt that the ISI is behind this," said MK Narayanan, then NSA on July 13, 2008.
Now, the Wiki leak documents confirm the same. It reinforces that American intelligence had details of the impending attack, just one week before it happened. This information, say government sources, was shared with India, which is why special barricades were put up outside the building.
Indian officials stress that the leaked documents only reaffirm what New Delhi has always maintained about the ISI's support to terror. But now that this and the US complicity are in the public domain, will support for the Prime Minister's peace initiative with Pakistan wane?
Commenting on the leak, former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh said, "We have been wishy-washy in our approach to the US and Pakistan, we cannot take this lightly."
Government sources maintain dialogue is the only way forward with terror as the key focus.
Some Pakistan watchers have asked whether there should instead be talks with those who are really calling the shots in Pakistan -- the army. However, the Government sources say is futile. India would rather see civilian institutions strengthened in Pakistan, and believes talking to a hostile Pakistan army will serve no purpose. So, while New Delhi may say 'we told you so', the damaging leaks have raised many questions on just where this dialogue with Pakistan is headed.
"We have no doubt that the ISI is behind this," said MK Narayanan, then NSA on July 13, 2008.
Now, the Wiki leak documents confirm the same. It reinforces that American intelligence had details of the impending attack, just one week before it happened. This information, say government sources, was shared with India, which is why special barricades were put up outside the building.
Indian officials stress that the leaked documents only reaffirm what New Delhi has always maintained about the ISI's support to terror. But now that this and the US complicity are in the public domain, will support for the Prime Minister's peace initiative with Pakistan wane?
Commenting on the leak, former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh said, "We have been wishy-washy in our approach to the US and Pakistan, we cannot take this lightly."
Government sources maintain dialogue is the only way forward with terror as the key focus.
Some Pakistan watchers have asked whether there should instead be talks with those who are really calling the shots in Pakistan -- the army. However, the Government sources say is futile. India would rather see civilian institutions strengthened in Pakistan, and believes talking to a hostile Pakistan army will serve no purpose. So, while New Delhi may say 'we told you so', the damaging leaks have raised many questions on just where this dialogue with Pakistan is headed.
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