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79894
Mon, 09/14/2009 - 18:09
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Pak did not achieve anything from wars with India: Durrani
Islamabad, Sep 14 (PTI) Observing that Pakistan did
not "achieve anything" from going to wars with India in the
past, former National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani has
said his country should extend a hand of friendship towards
the neighbour to settle the outstanding issues.
Durrani said he had participated in two wars and now
thought that "Pakistan did not achieve anything from these
wars".
"We should extend (a hand of) friendship towards
India, and start peace talks to settle disputes," he said.
The former NSA was sacked by Prime Minister Yousuf
Raza Gilani after he told journalists that Ajmal Kasab, the
lone terrorist arrested for the Mumbai attacks, was a
Pakistani national.
He said low-level skirmishes started by Pakistan
prompted the Indian Army to cross the international border and
launch a full-fledged war in 1965.
"We started the intrusions on the borders and I think
we should think about the Indian response at that time," said
Durrani. The Indian Army reacted because "low-level skirmishes
were started from this side", he said.
The high-level military command was not involved in "a
strategy to disturb India" but politicians knew about what was
happening along the border, Durrani told a TV news channel.
Then foreign minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto too had no idea that
India would cross the international border.
Durrani also said former US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice had arranged negotiations between former
President Pervez Musharraf and slain premier Benazir Bhutto.
He said he was "very sad" over Bhutto's assassination in 2007.
The former NSA said he accepted President Asif Ali
Zardari's invitation to join his government as the NSA after
taking Musharraf into confidence.
He said he had floated an idea in India that the
neighbours should soften their visa regimes but the Indians
had some "security-related reservations".
Durrani, also a former envoy to the US, said there had
only been speculation about Israeli and Indian involvement in
the plane crash that killed former President Zia-ul-Haq.
He rejected former President Ghulam Ishaq Khan's
statement that Zia's plane was blown up in the air.
not "achieve anything" from going to wars with India in the
past, former National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani has
said his country should extend a hand of friendship towards
the neighbour to settle the outstanding issues.
Durrani said he had participated in two wars and now
thought that "Pakistan did not achieve anything from these
wars".
"We should extend (a hand of) friendship towards
India, and start peace talks to settle disputes," he said.
The former NSA was sacked by Prime Minister Yousuf
Raza Gilani after he told journalists that Ajmal Kasab, the
lone terrorist arrested for the Mumbai attacks, was a
Pakistani national.
He said low-level skirmishes started by Pakistan
prompted the Indian Army to cross the international border and
launch a full-fledged war in 1965.
"We started the intrusions on the borders and I think
we should think about the Indian response at that time," said
Durrani. The Indian Army reacted because "low-level skirmishes
were started from this side", he said.
The high-level military command was not involved in "a
strategy to disturb India" but politicians knew about what was
happening along the border, Durrani told a TV news channel.
Then foreign minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto too had no idea that
India would cross the international border.
Durrani also said former US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice had arranged negotiations between former
President Pervez Musharraf and slain premier Benazir Bhutto.
He said he was "very sad" over Bhutto's assassination in 2007.
The former NSA said he accepted President Asif Ali
Zardari's invitation to join his government as the NSA after
taking Musharraf into confidence.
He said he had floated an idea in India that the
neighbours should soften their visa regimes but the Indians
had some "security-related reservations".
Durrani, also a former envoy to the US, said there had
only been speculation about Israeli and Indian involvement in
the plane crash that killed former President Zia-ul-Haq.
He rejected former President Ghulam Ishaq Khan's
statement that Zia's plane was blown up in the air.
