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Pervez Musharraf Says ISI Trains LeT And Jaish Terrorists

ISI Trains Jaish And LeT Terrorists, Says Pervez Musharraf
To go with Pakistan-unrest-politics-Afghanistan-India,INTERVIEW by Guillaume LAVALLÃE In this photograph taken November 14, 2014, Pakistan's former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf gestures during an interview with AFP in Karachi. The departure of NATO combat forces from Afghanistan could push India and Pakistan towards a proxy war in the troubled state Musharraf warned in an interview with AFP. AFP PHOTO / Asif HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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To go with Pakistan-unrest-politics-Afghanistan-India,INTERVIEW by Guillaume LAVALLÃE In this photograph taken November 14, 2014, Pakistan's former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf gestures during an interview with AFP in Karachi. The departure of NATO combat forces from Afghanistan could push India and Pakistan towards a proxy war in the troubled state Musharraf warned in an interview with AFP. AFP PHOTO / Asif HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)

KARACHI -- Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf yesterday said ISI trains LeT and Jaish militants and terror attacks in India will not stop until New Delhi addresses the "core" issue of Kashmir.

"Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) trains Jaish-e- Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists," said Musharraf.

"Pakistan army is not training civilians. Intelligence organisation on our side as well as on your side is involved," he said in an interview to India Today TV.

When asked if he sees any progress in the Indo-Pak peace process, Musharraf said, "Everything will stop if you address the core issue. The unfortunate terrorists acts and the militancy will continue unless we address the core issue. That is what you don't want to do," he said.

"Kashmir continues to arouse sentiments in Pakistan," the 72-year-old former president said as he defended terrorist activities in India.

"Anyone who is fighting in Kashmir is a freedom fighter," he said.

"I don't think we will move forward on the core issue.

You don't want to. You want to bulldoze us, you want to bully us and you want to dominate us. You only want to talk about issues concerning you like terrorism, Mumbai and Pathankot. So I don't feel core issues are moving forward," he said when asked to comment on Foreign Secretary-level talks that were postponed after Pathankot attack.

Speaking on Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley, who is currently deposing before a Mumbai court in connection with the 26/11 attack case, Musharraf said, "I don't believe anything that Headley had said... Pakistan intelligence should interrogate Headley."

When asked about JeM chief Mesood Azhar, who was involved in two attacks against Musharraf himself, the former military general said, "Anyone who is doing any other act in Pakistan like, I know that he attacks me, is a terrorist certainly.

Therefore I call him a terrorist."

"LeT and Hafiz Saeed are not involved in terror activities in Pakistan," he said.

He said India derailed peace process every time and wants to discuss only terrorism.

"You create hysteria in your country against Pakistan.

Whenever we try to speak ....You want to bulldoze us to whatever is your point of view.

He also accused India's intelligence agency RAW for carrying out attacks in Pakistan from Afghanistan.

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