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http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20101005/1248/twl-we-trained-militant-groups-against-i.html
Tue, Oct 5 03:17 PM
Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has admitted that Pakistan had
trained underground militant groups to fight in Kashmir, the first such
admission by a top leader of the country.
Musharraf's candid remarks came days after he announced his return to active
politics from London where he has been living in self-imposed exile.
"They (underground militant groups to fight against India in Kashmir) were
indeed formed," Musharraf told German magazine Der Spiegel in an interview.
Asked why did Pakistan train militant underground groups to fight India in
Kashmir, the former President said
Nawaz Sharif's apathy to the Kashmir issue was one of the reasons, so was
the fact that the world had turned a blind eye to the dispute.
"Yes, it is the right of any country to promote its own interests... when
India is not prepared to discuss Kashmir at the United Nations and is not
prepared to resolve the dispute in a peaceful manner," Musharraf claimed.
"The (Nawaz Sharif) government turned a blind eye because they wanted India
to discuss Kashmir," he said.
Musharraf indicated he had no regrets for the Kargil intrusion, that led to
an armed conflict with India in 1999, and argued that each country had a
right to promote its national interest.
Musharraf slammed the international community, particularly the West, for
persistently ignoring the Kashmir issue, and for singling out Pakistan for
all blames.
"The West was ignoring the resolution of the Kashmir issue, which is the
core issue of Pakistan. We expected the West -- especially the United States
and important countries like Germany -- to resolve the Kashmir issue. Has
Germany done that?" the former Pakistan military ruler asked.
Musharraf launched his political party the All Pakistan Muslim League in
London and announced his intention to contest the 2013 election.
"The West blames Pakistan for everything. Nobody asks the Indian prime
minister, why did you arm your country with a nuclear weapon? Why are you
killing innocent civilians in Kashmir? Nobody was bothered that Pakistan got
split in 1971 because of India's military backing for Bangladesh. The United
States and Germany gave statements, but they didn't mean anything," he said.
Musharraf, who overthrew Sharif's government in a bloodless coup in 1999,
had also as Army chief presided over the Kargil misadventure that had
threatened to scale up into a full-fledged war between India and Pakistan.
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