Intl community should ask Pak to act against terror: India

STAFF WRITER 19:33 HRS IST
New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) India Wednesday urged the international community to bring pressure on Pakistan to implement its commitment to act against terror groups within its territory.It also pledged to "invest and endure" in Afghanistan for peace, democracy and development there."The international community should put effective pressure on Pakistan to implement its stated commitment to deal with terrorist groups within its territory, including members of al-Qaeda, Taliban's Quetta Shura, Hizb-e-Islami, Lashkar-e-Toiba and other like-minded terrorist groups," India's Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said here."India has already made up its mind -- invest and endure, because we believe in the cause of peace, democracy and development in Afghanistan," Rao said in her concluding remarks at a two-day international seminar on 'Peace and Stability in Afghanistan: The Way Ahead'.

File photo of India's Foreign Secretary,

Nirupama Rao in New Delhi. PTI Photo