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India slams Pak as Parliament attack mastermind resurfaces, calls for jihad
February 21, 2014
India has slammed Pakistan for allowing terrorist Masood
Azhar, accused of planning the brazen attack on the Indian Parliament in
December 2001, to address an anti-India rally in late January.
Soon
after Pakistan's foreign office sought to play down as a "one time
event" reports that Azhar had called for "jihad" or holy war against
India at the rally, New Delhi said, "Once is once too many times...We
have zero tolerance for terrorists."
The Ministry of External
Affairs said it was "concerned that a terrorist who is banned is able to
spew venom on India," pointing out that Azhar's Jaish e Mohammad is "a
terrorist organisation banned by India, the US and more importantly by
Pakistan."
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