Islamic terrorist groups plan fresh attacks

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NEW DELHI: Stressing that cross-border terrorism remains a most pervasive threat, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday (August 17, 2009) said “there is credible information of ongoing plans of terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out fresh attacks.”

Inaugurating the Chief Ministers’ Conference on Internal Security, he cautioned: “The area of operation of these terrorists today extends far beyond the confines of Jammu and Kashmir and covers all parts of our country.”

Dr. Singh told the Chief Ministers that in dealing with the terrorist challenge, “we need to be prepared for encountering more sophisticated technologies and enhanced capabilities.” He emphasised the need for guarding the sea frontier as vigilantly as the land border.