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Union Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna has cited that the statement made by Pakistan’s Interior Minister saying that India was among the nations which are funding Taliban for creating unrest in India was absolutely a ridiculous one.
"It is the most ridiculous statement I have ever heard. We condemn Taliban as the most dreaded element. We told Pakistan to ban Taliban, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jammat-ud-Dawa as these organisations breed terror," Krishna told reporters a day after he held a trilateral meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese foreign minister Yang Jeichi.
Krishna, while denying the charges that India was the source of creating trouble in Pakistan, mentioned that it was working constructively for rebuilding the infrastructure of Afghanistan.
"We have civilization relations with Afghanistan, which date back to time immemorial. Our efforts to help its government in rebuilding the nation have been appreciated by other countries. Pakistan is also in Afghanistan. What happens in that country and what role we play is a bilateral issue," Krishna clarified.
