India must take Taliban threat seriously |
Written by SUSHIL VAKIL |
Sunday, 02 December 2012 19:25 |
AFTER a gap of two years, the Pakistan Taliban threat to attack Indian targets has sent the Indian security establishment into an alert mode. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has vowed to avenge the execution of Ajmal Kasab- the only survivor of the 2008 Mumbai blasts. Ajmal Kasab - a former labourer and small-time criminal, admitted to being a member of the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taioba and one of the gunmen who laid siege to the city. He was charged with 86 offences, including murder and waging war against the Indian state, in a charge-sheet running to more than 11,000 pages. Kasab was hanged on 22nd November in a secret operation at Pune's Yervada jail. |