{"id":7689,"date":"2023-12-23T11:27:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T11:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=7689"},"modified":"2023-12-23T11:27:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T11:27:41","slug":"terrorism-started-at-the-moment-of-our-independence-eam-takes-dig-at-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/terrorism-started-at-the-moment-of-our-independence-eam-takes-dig-at-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTerrorism Started At The Moment Of Our Independence\u2026\u201d: EAM Takes Dig At Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Dec 23: The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>External\u00a0<\/span>Affairs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Minister,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>S\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Jaishankar<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>took\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>jab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arguing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>struggled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>countering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cross-border\u00a0<\/span>terrorism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gaining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>independence.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Jaishankar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>highlighted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>significance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lashkar-e-Taiba<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(LeT)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorist\u00a0<\/span>attacks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mumbai\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>26\/11<\/a>\/11\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>turning\u00a0<\/span>point\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>independence,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so-called\u00a0<\/span><\/span>raiders\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arrived\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>began.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Speaking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>media,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jaishankar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>believe\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mumbai\u00a0<\/span><\/span>26\/11\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>tipping\u00a0<\/span>point\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>what\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>changed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>country\u00a0<\/span><\/span>today.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span>crucial\u00a0<\/span>element\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stopping\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cross-border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>responding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>those\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>engage\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Many\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>perplexed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>until\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>witnessed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>actual,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>graphic,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>significant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>phase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>26\/11\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorist\u00a0<\/span>attacks.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>thing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>do\u00a0<\/span><\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>counter.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>am\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aware\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>those\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Well,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>very\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cunning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>plan\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>turning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cheek.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>That’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>just\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>way\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>country\u00a0<\/span><\/span>feels,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>my\u00a0<\/span>opinion.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>doesn’t\u00a0<\/span>seem\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sense\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>me.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>doesn’t\u00a0<\/span>seem\u00a0<\/span><\/span>strategic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>me.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>EAM\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continued,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“If\u00a0<\/span><\/span>someone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>engaging\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cross-border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>act,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>extract\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>impose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>cost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span>there.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Terrorism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>long\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>special\u00a0<\/span>problem\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>EAM\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>earlier\u00a0<\/span>today\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>third\u00a0<\/span><\/span>convocation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rashtriya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Raksha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>University\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lavad,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gandhinagar.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Speaking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>media\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rashtriya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Raksha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>University’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>third\u00a0<\/span><\/span>convocation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lavad,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gandhinagar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jaishankar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>long\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>major\u00a0<\/span>problem\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emphasised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>changing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dynamics\u00a0<\/span><\/span>influenced\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>technological\u00a0<\/span>advancements\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>expressed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>continued\u00a0<\/span>commitment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>delegitimize\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>combat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>long\u00a0<\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>special\u00a0<\/span>difficulties\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>result\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Our\u00a0<\/span>objective\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>delegitimize\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>do\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whatever\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>takes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>achieve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>addition,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jaishankar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“the\u00a0<\/span>world\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>seen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>domain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>draws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>particular\u00a0<\/span><\/span>energy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>technology\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>technological\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advancements.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>expansion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India’s\u00a0<\/span>interests\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>support\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>security\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>others\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>mentioned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jaishankar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>explanation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>intricate\u00a0<\/span>nature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>counterterrorism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>initiatives.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span><\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>extensive,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>encompassing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Global\u00a0<\/span>South\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sectors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>energy,\u00a0<\/span>health,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>finance,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>just\u00a0<\/span>take\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>shape\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>direct\u00a0<\/span><\/span>neighbourhood\u00a0<\/span><\/span>support.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Therefore,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>counterterrorism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tests\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>imaginations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>capabilities.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>effort\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>contribute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>others’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>interests\u00a0<\/span><\/span>grow.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span><\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>broader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>constituency\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Global\u00a0<\/span>South,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>could\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>immediate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>neighbourhood,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>could\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>form\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>financial,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>health,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>energy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>support\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continued.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>formation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>never\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>normal.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>expressed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concern\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>support\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cross-border\u00a0<\/span>terrorism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>multiple\u00a0<\/span>occasions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>negotiations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>incompatible.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Expelling\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>India’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ambassador\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Islamabad\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>suspending\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>bilateral\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trade\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>followed\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>government’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>August\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2019\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>revoke\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>status\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>divide\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>territories\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>(J&K\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Ladakh).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>At\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>time,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Imran\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Khan\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>led\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Dec 23: The\u00a0External\u00a0Affairs\u00a0Minister,\u00a0S\u00a0Jaishankar,\u00a0took\u00a0a\u00a0jab\u00a0at\u00a0Pakistan\u00a0while\u00a0arguing\u00a0that\u00a0India\u00a0has\u00a0struggled\u00a0with\u00a0countering\u00a0cross-border\u00a0terrorism\u00a0since\u00a0gaining\u00a0independence. Jaishankar\u00a0highlighted\u00a0the\u00a0significance\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Lashkar-e-Taiba\u00a0(LeT)\u00a0terrorist\u00a0attacks\u00a0in\u00a0Mumbai\u00a0on\u00a026\/11\/11\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0turning\u00a0point\u00a0for\u00a0Indian\u00a0terrorism. After\u00a0our\u00a0independence,\u00a0when\u00a0so-called\u00a0raiders\u00a0arrived\u00a0from\u00a0all\u00a0over\u00a0Pakistan,\u00a0terrorism\u00a0began.Speaking\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0media,\u00a0Jaishankar\u00a0stated,\u00a0“I\u00a0believe\u00a0the\u00a0Mumbai\u00a026\/11\u00a0was\u00a0the\u00a0tipping\u00a0point\u00a0for\u00a0what\u00a0has\u00a0changed\u00a0in\u00a0this\u00a0country\u00a0today.The\u00a0most\u00a0crucial\u00a0element\u00a0in\u00a0stopping\u00a0cross-border\u00a0terrorism,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0him,\u00a0is\u00a0responding\u00a0to\u00a0those\u00a0who\u00a0engage\u00a0in\u00a0it. Many\u00a0were\u00a0perplexed\u00a0until\u00a0they\u00a0witnessed\u00a0the\u00a0actual,\u00a0graphic,\u00a0and\u00a0significant\u00a0phase\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a026\/11\u00a0terrorist\u00a0attacks. The\u00a0first\u00a0thing\u00a0we\u00a0must\u00a0do\u00a0now\u00a0is\u00a0counter. I\u00a0am\u00a0aware\u00a0of\u00a0those\u00a0who\u00a0claimed,\u00a0“Well,\u00a0we\u00a0had\u00a0a\u00a0very\u00a0cunning\u00a0plan\u00a0of\u00a0turning\u00a0the\u00a0other\u00a0cheek.” That’s\u00a0not\u00a0just\u00a0the\u00a0way\u00a0the\u00a0country\u00a0feels,\u00a0in\u00a0my\u00a0opinion. It\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0seem\u00a0to\u00a0make\u00a0sense\u00a0to\u00a0me. It\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0seem\u00a0strategic\u00a0to\u00a0me. The\u00a0EAM\u00a0continued,\u00a0“If\u00a0someone\u00a0is\u00a0engaging\u00a0in\u00a0cross-border\u00a0terrorism,\u00a0you\u00a0have\u00a0to\u00a0act,\u00a0you\u00a0have\u00a0to\u00a0extract\u00a0and\u00a0impose\u00a0a\u00a0cost\u00a0out\u00a0there.Terrorism\u00a0has\u00a0long\u00a0been\u00a0a\u00a0special\u00a0problem\u00a0for\u00a0India,\u00a0the\u00a0EAM\u00a0said\u00a0earlier\u00a0today\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0third\u00a0convocation\u00a0of\u00a0Rashtriya\u00a0Raksha\u00a0University\u00a0in\u00a0Lavad,\u00a0Gandhinagar. Speaking\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0media\u00a0at\u00a0Rashtriya\u00a0Raksha\u00a0University’s\u00a0third\u00a0convocation\u00a0in\u00a0Lavad,\u00a0Gandhinagar,\u00a0Jaishankar\u00a0said\u00a0that\u00a0terrorism\u00a0has\u00a0long\u00a0been\u00a0a\u00a0major\u00a0problem\u00a0for\u00a0India. He\u00a0emphasised\u00a0the\u00a0changing\u00a0dynamics\u00a0influenced\u00a0by\u00a0technological\u00a0advancements\u00a0and\u00a0expressed\u00a0the\u00a0continued\u00a0commitment\u00a0to\u00a0delegitimize\u00a0and\u00a0combat\u00a0terrorism.India\u00a0has\u00a0long\u00a0had\u00a0special\u00a0difficulties\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0result\u00a0of\u00a0terrorism. Our\u00a0objective\u00a0is\u00a0to\u00a0delegitimize\u00a0it,\u00a0and\u00a0we\u00a0will\u00a0do\u00a0whatever\u00a0it\u00a0takes\u00a0to\u00a0achieve\u00a0that. In\u00a0addition,\u00a0Jaishankar\u00a0said,\u00a0“the\u00a0world\u00a0has\u00a0seen\u00a0that\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0domain\u00a0that\u00a0draws\u00a0particular\u00a0energy\u00a0from\u00a0technology\u00a0and\u00a0from\u00a0technological\u00a0advancements.” The\u00a0expansion\u00a0of\u00a0India’s\u00a0interests\u00a0to\u00a0support\u00a0the\u00a0security\u00a0of\u00a0others\u00a0was\u00a0mentioned\u00a0by\u00a0Jaishankar\u00a0in\u00a0his\u00a0explanation\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0intricate\u00a0nature\u00a0of\u00a0counterterrorism\u00a0initiatives. This\u00a0could\u00a0be\u00a0more\u00a0extensive,\u00a0encompassing\u00a0the\u00a0Global\u00a0South\u00a0in\u00a0sectors\u00a0like\u00a0energy,\u00a0health,\u00a0and\u00a0finance,\u00a0or\u00a0it\u00a0could\u00a0just\u00a0take\u00a0the\u00a0shape\u00a0of\u00a0direct\u00a0neighbourhood\u00a0support.Therefore,\u00a0counterterrorism\u00a0tests\u00a0our\u00a0imaginations\u00a0as\u00a0well\u00a0as\u00a0our\u00a0capabilities. We\u00a0must\u00a0make\u00a0an\u00a0effort\u00a0to\u00a0contribute\u00a0to\u00a0others’\u00a0security\u00a0as\u00a0our\u00a0interests\u00a0grow. This\u00a0could\u00a0be\u00a0for\u00a0a\u00a0broader\u00a0constituency\u00a0like\u00a0the\u00a0Global\u00a0South,\u00a0or\u00a0it\u00a0could\u00a0be\u00a0for\u00a0people\u00a0in\u00a0their\u00a0immediate\u00a0neighbourhood,\u00a0or\u00a0it\u00a0could\u00a0be\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0form\u00a0of\u00a0financial,\u00a0health,\u00a0and\u00a0energy\u00a0support\u00a0for\u00a0them,”\u00a0he\u00a0continued. Since\u00a0Pakistan’s\u00a0formation,\u00a0relations\u00a0between\u00a0India\u00a0and\u00a0it\u00a0have\u00a0never\u00a0been\u00a0normal. 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