India want answers from Pakistan on whereabouts of militant groups

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Pakistan’s armed forces have moved in against a base camp used by banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistani administered Kashmir. Several witnesses heard loud bomb explosions and dozens of army personnel travelling to the area. Helicopters and armoured vehicles were also seen around the scene.
The Indian government has claimed that the group responsible for the Mumbai attacks are operating out of this base camp in the heart of Pakistan. The Pakistan Government is under severe pressure from both the Indian and American Governments to act upon the un-provoked attacks on Mumbai and other regional parts of India.
A number of suspects were arrested however it was not confirmed that anyone arresteted was in direct connection with the terrorist attacks on Indian cities. It was also reported that one of the arrested men was the Laskar-e-Taiba operational chief Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. The camp, at Shawai on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, is run by the Islamic charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, widely seen as a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, which was itself banned in late 2002.Residents who were in the neighbouring area said that the Pakistan army blew up buildings at the camp which has an office, religious school and residential area housing about 150 people in total. The global press organisation quoted militants as saying that the camp had been seized by the military yet those statements have not been confirmed by the Indian government.
Lashkar-e-Taiba (Soldiers of the Pure) is one of the most feared terror groups fighting against the Indian control of Kashmir. Although various government groups had halted the activities of the terrorist group some time ago it was discovered that none of their base camps or places of operation were closed at all.
All of the attacks on Mumbai and other various cities around India have sparked growing pressure on the Pakistan government to act as quickly as possible to diffuse militant groups from making the same attack again. The assault on various camps in Pakistan will diffuse the tension only temporarily but something has got to be done for the long term as this is quite simply not acceptable.

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