Share intelligence, Pakistan tells India

Published: Sept. 15, 2009 at 3:37 PM

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The Indian government must share whatever information it has on terrorist activity with its Pakistani counterparts, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said.

Pakistani officials called on the Indian government to share any "actionable" intelligence in order to prevent future terrorist attacks, Indian newspaper The Hindu reports.

"We have repeatedly requested the Indian government to share with us, whatever information it has in this regard," a statement from the Pakistani Foreign Ministry read.

Islamabad further called on New Delhi to reactivate joint counter-terrorism efforts in order to work toward "pragmatic" cooperation on the security front.

New Delhi claims the government in Pakistan is training Islamic insurgents in the Kashmir region, where two decades of conflict have claimed close to 50,000 lives.

Lashkar-e-Toiba and its affiliate Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked the Indian Parliament on Dec. 13, 2001, killing dozens in the raid. Rebels believed to be with the Pakistani-based LeT seized several high-profile buildings in Mumbai in November 2008, killing at least 188 people.

In June, Richard Barrett, a U.N. coordinator on al-Qaida and Taliban activity, blamed LeT for trying "to increase tensions between India and Pakistan."

Meanwhile, Indian security forces claimed a Friday rocket attack on villages in Punjab was the work of LeT.

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