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ISI involved in Kabul bombing on Indian embassy: NSA
New Delhi, July 13 (PTI) - India has a "fair amount" of intelligence inputs about Pakistan's involvement in the Monday's suicide attack on its embassy in Kabul, NationalSecurity Advisor M.K. Narayanan said Saturday.
"We not only suspect but we have a fair amount of intelligence (on the involvement of Pakistan)," Narayanan told television channels when asked whether India suspectsPakistan's involvement in the attack.
"The ISI needs to be destroyed. We made this point, whenever we have had a chance, to interlocutors across the world... there might have been some tactical restraint for some time, obviously that restraint is no longer present," hesaid.
Specifically asked about reports that ISI was behind the Kabul attack, Narayanan said "we have no doubt that theISI is behind this".
"The people of this country deserve to know the facts rather than being carried away by people who make statements that these are insinuations. There are no insinuations,"Narayanan said.
Four Indians, including senior Indian Foreign Service officer V.V. Rao and Brigadier R.D. Mehta, India's Defence Attache, were killed in the blast caused by a suicide bomberdriving an explosive-laden vehicle.
The NSA said there was a need to retaliate to such acts of terror. "I think we need to pay back in the same coin. We arequite clear in our mind," he said.
When asked who should be paid back, he replied, "Those who are responsible." Asked whether such acts would impede the peace process, he said: "I don't think ISI has ever been a part of the peace process....I think we need to make a distinction" between thetwo.
He said India-Pakistan relations were sought to beimproved through a comprehensive dialogue mechanism.
"The anti-terror mechanism was one piece of this picture.
The hope was that in course of time both sides would share whatever information they have and come up with a holisticidea of what was going on," he said.
"Talk-talk is better than fight-fight. But it hasn't worked so far. In some way, we haven't arrived at the decision that we should go for fight-fight so let talk-talk continuefor the moment," Narayanan said.
The NSA said there was a "hiccup" in the peace process towards the end of 2006 and early 2007. "It hasn't really picked up....we are hoping that the new administration will take this up again."
"We not only suspect but we have a fair amount of intelligence (on the involvement of Pakistan)," Narayanan told television channels when asked whether India suspectsPakistan's involvement in the attack.
"The ISI needs to be destroyed. We made this point, whenever we have had a chance, to interlocutors across the world... there might have been some tactical restraint for some time, obviously that restraint is no longer present," hesaid.
Specifically asked about reports that ISI was behind the Kabul attack, Narayanan said "we have no doubt that theISI is behind this".
"The people of this country deserve to know the facts rather than being carried away by people who make statements that these are insinuations. There are no insinuations,"Narayanan said.
Four Indians, including senior Indian Foreign Service officer V.V. Rao and Brigadier R.D. Mehta, India's Defence Attache, were killed in the blast caused by a suicide bomberdriving an explosive-laden vehicle.
The NSA said there was a need to retaliate to such acts of terror. "I think we need to pay back in the same coin. We arequite clear in our mind," he said.
When asked who should be paid back, he replied, "Those who are responsible." Asked whether such acts would impede the peace process, he said: "I don't think ISI has ever been a part of the peace process....I think we need to make a distinction" between thetwo.
He said India-Pakistan relations were sought to beimproved through a comprehensive dialogue mechanism.
"The anti-terror mechanism was one piece of this picture.
The hope was that in course of time both sides would share whatever information they have and come up with a holisticidea of what was going on," he said.
"Talk-talk is better than fight-fight. But it hasn't worked so far. In some way, we haven't arrived at the decision that we should go for fight-fight so let talk-talk continuefor the moment," Narayanan said.
The NSA said there was a "hiccup" in the peace process towards the end of 2006 and early 2007. "It hasn't really picked up....we are hoping that the new administration will take this up again."
