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Pakistan, India confront thorny issue of terrorism ISLAMABAD, Tuesday (AFP) Pakistan and India met Tuesday to confront the sensitive issue of terrorism in the latest step aimed at ending hostility over Kashmir, where India accuses Pakistan of backing extremists. The two-day talks in Islamabad, which will also address drug-trafficking, are part of the step-by-step dialogue process addressing an eight-point agenda agreed on in July. The talks began at around 11:30 am (0630 GMT), state television reported, with Pakistan's interior secretary Tariq Mahmud and Indian home secretary Dhirendra Singh leading the delegations. "There should be a differentiation between freedom fighters and terrorists," foreign ministry spokesman Masood Khan told a weekly press briefing on Monday. "Pakistan has been very active on the issue of counter-terrorism and we would also like to hear India's perspective on the subject." New Delhi says Pakistan-based Islamic militants are operating in Indian Kashmir despite the peace process. Dhirendra Singh is expected to convey "India's worries over cross-border terrorism and infiltration and also infrastructure facilities being given to terrorist groups in Pakistan," an Indian official said last week. Cooperation in drug-trafficking will also be discussed during the Tuesday and Wednesday talks, an interior ministry spokesman told AFP |
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