Killing of hostage fuels Indian fears over Pakistan
Financial Times
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The decapitation of an Indian engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan has fuelled New Delhi's concerns that Pakistan may be sponsoring Taliban attacks on its nationals.
Deploying language typically used to refer to Pakistan, Shyam Saran, India's foreign secretary, yesterday said he was "appalled by this inhuman act of terror by the Taliban and its sponsors".
New Delhi has been concerned that Islamabad may be covertly backing the Taliban in attacks on Indian nationals in an attempt to prevent India from increasing its influence in Afghanistan, where it is engaged in numerous aid and reconstruction projects.
The developments come against the backdrop of slow-moving progress in the 2½-year peace process between the two nuclear rivals.
May 01, 2006
Financial Times
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The decapitation of an Indian engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan has fuelled New Delhi's concerns that Pakistan may be sponsoring Taliban attacks on its nationals.
Deploying language typically used to refer to Pakistan, Shyam Saran, India's foreign secretary, yesterday said he was "appalled by this inhuman act of terror by the Taliban and its sponsors".
New Delhi has been concerned that Islamabad may be covertly backing the Taliban in attacks on Indian nationals in an attempt to prevent India from increasing its influence in Afghanistan, where it is engaged in numerous aid and reconstruction projects.
The developments come against the backdrop of slow-moving progress in the 2½-year peace process between the two nuclear rivals.
May 01, 2006
