CURBING TERROR BY PAKISTAN

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Rajya Sabha

There has been some reduction in infiltration and cross border terrorism after the speech of the Pakistan President on May 27, 2002 and the Kazakhstan summit in early June, 2002, which may be due to deployment of security forces and effective counter infiltration measures.

Inputs indicate that there are concentrations of Al-Qaida terrorists/Taliban in Pakistan occupied Kashmir with an intent to infiltrate into J&K at an opportune moment.

Trans-border firing in J&K, a regular feature, had escalated since Mid-May, 2002, post Kaluchuk incident. But, there has been some reduction since the middle of June, 2002.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written reply to Dr T Subbarami Reddy and Shri K Natwar Singh in Rajya Sabha today.