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Rajnath talks tough on terror in Pak

By The Assam Tribune

ISLAMABAD, Aug 4 - India today delivered a blunt message to Pakistan asking it to stop encouraging terror groups and �glorification� of terrorists and also called for �strongest action� against nations supporting terrorism and their isolation.

Without mincing any words amid the strain in Indo-Pak relations, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said mere condemnation of terrorism and terrorists is not enough and that there are �no good terrorists or bad terrorists�.

Singh, in his address to the 7th SAARC Interior Ministers Conference, said terrorism continued to remain the biggest challenge and threat to the region.

The current strain in Indo-Pak relations was apparently evident when Singh came face-to-face with his Pakistani counterpart Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan for the first time today and the two leaders barely shook hands.

The two leaders barely touched their hands, not even a formal handshake, before Singh moved ahead to enter the meeting hall. Members of the Indian media, which came from New Delhi to report the conference, were not allowed to capture the moment or the conference and was kept at a distance by Pakistani officials, leading to a verbal duel between a senior Indian official and a Pakistani official.

The Home Minister also skipped the lunch being hosted by Khan after the meeting as the host had left the venue.

Speaking in Hindi at the conference, Singh said there should be �strongest action not only against terrorists or organisations but also against those individuals, organisations and nations who support terrorism.�

�It also needs to be ensured that terrorism is not glorified and is not patronized by any state,� Singh said in a veiled dig at Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. � PTI

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