India asks Pakistan for crackdown on terror groups

Описание: (9 Mar 2019) India on Saturday demanded that Pakistan take concrete steps against terrorists operating from its territory, while at the same time returning its top diplomat to Islamabad amid an easing of tensions between the nuclear rivals.
Pakistan announced earlier this week that its high commissioner to India was returning to New Delhi, weeks after the two countries recalled their top diplomats for consultations as tensions flared after suicide attack on a convoy of Indian paramilitary soldiers in the Indian-held Kashmir that killed 40 soldiers.
India blamed that attack on a Pakistan-based militant group, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and launched a retaliatory airstrike inside Pakistan.
Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said Saturday that a reported Pakistani crackdown this week on seminaries, mosques and hospitals belonging to outlawed groups and the arrest of dozens of people was not enough.
He said Pakistan should take concrete steps "against terrorists and terror infrastructure" on its territory.
He accused Pakistan of failing to take any credible action against Jaish-e-Mohammed and other extremist organisations, which he said continued to operate with impunity from Pakistan.
Pakistan says it has arrested 44 people, including the brother of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar who was apparently named in a dossier given to Islamabad by New Delhi.
It also says it has shut a number of facilities and frozen assets of several outlawed organisations.

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