Western Disturbances And Subcontinental Tsunami

Written by Maloy Krishna Dhar on August 8, 2008 – 9:00 am -

The fidayeen attack on Indian Embassy at Kabul, Afghanistan, has been described by various analysts as a turning point in India’s fight against Jihad International, in collaboration with the US headed global coalition. The National Security Advisor also commented that India had incontrovertible proof of involvement of the Inter Services Intelligence’s (Pak) involvement in the attack. Some blamed the Taliban, Mullah Omar group and the others Mullah Jalauddin Haqqani group for the devastating attack. Some doubting toms speculated that the attackers could belong to Baitullah Mehsud of Neo-Taliban group working in tandem with al Qaeda and other Neo-Taliban groups.
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