Lahore again: 3 times in 3 months

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday blamed the Taliban for the attack outside the ISI headquarters in Lahore, saying the strike could be a retaliation of the Government’s military offensive against the militant outfit.

“It appears to be a fallout of the ongoing military operations in Swat, Dir and other areas of NWFP,” said Malik. There would be no let up in the crackdown on these “anti-national elements”, he added. “They want to destabilise Pakistan.Threats have been held out by Tehrik-eTaliban chief Baitullah Mehsud,” the Interior Minister told reporters in Karachi.

“We are in a state of insurgency. There is a war inside the country and there were two options before the Government... either to cave in... or to confront and crush them,” Malik said.

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