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Islamabad, Dec 23: The Pakistan Army has got support from a quarter that it would never have expected . The Taliban on Tuesday declared that they would back the Pakistan Army by deploying hundreds of suicide bombers in case of any military action with India. Taliban commanders claimed that "thousands of our well-armed militants are ready to fight alongside the army if any war is imposed on Pakistan," chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud told a news organization on phone. Hundreds of would-be bombers had been "given suicide jackets and explosive-laden vehicles for protection of the border in case of any aggression by the Indian troops," he said. "The time had come, to wage a real Jehad that the Taliban had been waiting for," Mehsud, for whom the Pakistani and US forces are on the look out claimed. "We know very well that the visible and invisible enemies of the country have been planning to weaken this lone Islamic nuclear power. But...

Talat Masood (Dec 5) Unfortunately, whenever a terrorist attack takes place, the Muslim community of India also comes under pressure, despite its unflinching loyalty to the state. There is always a lingering fear that they may once again be subjected to communal violence similar to the Gujarat pogrom The catastrophic terrorist attacks on multiple targets in Mumbai have elevated the war on terror to alarmingly dangerous proportions, with serious global ramifications, especially for Pakistan . As an immediate response, India, true to its past , has launched a massive campaign accusing Pakistan of complicity in these ghastly attacks. Despite Islamabad's full assurance of cooperation, and its reasonable demand that India provide evidence so that Pakistani authorities can proceed against suspects , India continues to make allegations, and has demanded that Pakistan hand over twenty of its most wanted fugitives . Pakistan has responded, as has always been the case, by informing India th...