New Delhi:
Nearly two weeks after the Pakistani Taliban threatened India, the Army says it's alert, but there's no immediate cause for concern.
"We have no indications of any Taliban presence in Jammu & Kashmir, but is the Taliban a big threat? At the present moment, it's just conjecture, we can't say anything, whether they are going to be a threat or not. Right now they are fighting for survival, we will wait and see and we will tackle it," says Major General K Surendranath, GoC Tiger Division.
The Army is referring to the giant offensive launched by the Pakistani government against the Taliban in South Waziristan. The attempt to flush out the militants from their strongholds in that region comes after a month of Taliban attacks in Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Lahore, among others.
NDTV reported earlier this month that India has intelligence inputs that 60 Taliban militants are waiting to enter the country. They are among 350 militants housed in camps in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. The fighters have allegedly been told by Pakistan's ISI to enter India or face jail, sources say.
On Monday, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik accused India of funding the Taliban, saying that he is "convinced" this is an attempt by India to destabilize Pakistan. The Indian government immediately dismissed that allegation. Speaking to NDTV, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said, ""We want Talibanism and the Taliban to be totally eliminated."