Efforts to eliminate terror safe havens must not let down: EAM

New Delhi, May 2 (PTI) Terming al Qaeda mastermind Osama
bin Laden's killing as the "victorious milestone" in the
global war against terrorism, India on Monday said the world
"must not let down" its united effort to eliminate the safe
havens that have been provided to terrorists in its
neighbourhood.
"President (Barack) Obama of the US has just announced
that his government has conducted a successful operation that
has resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden deep inside
Pakistan.
"This operation brings to closure an almost decade-long
search for the head of the al Qaeda," Indian External Affairs
Minister S M Krishna said in a statement.
Noting the development as a "historic" and "victorious
milestone", the minister said, "Over the years, thousands of
innocent lives of men, women and children have been tragically
lost at the hands of terrorist groups."
Asserting that the struggle must continue "unabated",
Krishna said, "The world must not let down its united effort
to overcome terrorism and eliminate the safe havens and
sanctuaries that have been provided to terrorists in our own
neighbourhood."