Govt will wipe out terrorism — Farooq

NEW DELHI, NOV 13: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that despite post-Kargil escalation of militancy in ...

NEW DELHI, NOV 13: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that despite post-Kargil escalation of militancy in the State, his government was determined to wipe out terrorism from the State.

"Pakistan can never win in an open battle with India and that is why it is resorting to proxy war," Abdullah told reporters here after inaugurating the seventh Indian Golf and Resort Expo.

He said Pakistan was trying to whip up militancy in the State by sending in mercenaries. "One can see that during the encounters now a days, only Pakistani or Afghan nationals are killed," he added.

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"Security forces are tightening grip around the neck of militants, who have now started hitting soft targets," Abdullah said while referring to Thursday night’s train blast.

He said the world had now become increasingly critical of terrorism at all fronts. "Even during the recent United Nation General Assembly more time is devoted to discussion on the growing menace of terrorism around the globe."

About thefundamentalist approach adopted by Pakistan’s new military ruler Gen Parvez Musharraf by allowing Lashker-e-Toiba to hold a convention, Abdullah said, "He is doing it for his own survival at least in his own country as Musharraf has been rejected by almost all the foreign countries".Abdullah said the money invested by Pakistan in promoting terrorism could have been used to wipe out poverty. <