In this file photo, Afghan military personal take position at the scene of an attack on the Indian consulate in Herat on May 23 ,2014. PHOTO: AFP
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that he had been informed by a Western intelligence agency that LeT was responsible for the assault on the Indian consulate in Herat which left two policemen wounded.
"Hamid Karzai's claim is not based on truth. We condemn the attack," a man identifying himself as LeT spokesperson Abdullah Ghaznavi said in a call to AFP's office in Indian Kashmir.
"Our operations are limited to Jammu and Kashmir alone, and these will continue until the dawn of freedom for the territory," he said from an undisclosed location.
The caller spoke in Urdu and rang from an unrecognised number. LeT have called AFP to issue denials of their involvement in attacks in the past.
LeT has been active in Indian Kashmir since the early 1990s and the group has allegedly carried out many attacks against Indian forces in the disputed region.
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Our operations are limited to Jammu and Kashmir alone
I did not know Mumbai was in Kashmir
With Modi sarkar in place, this action will have a reaction inside Pakistan.
To consider LeT's denial as possibly true is one thing....but reading many of the comments defending this banned extremist militant organization from accusations, if not outright supporting them, is disturbing...and I don't think its just out of spite against Karzai, India, US, etc.
but they need to be asked, if they support the attack?
"Our operations are limited to Jammu and Kashmir alone, and these will continue until the dawn of freedom for the territory." I'm glad they clarified their stance. All these poor, innocent LeT folks want is a free Jammu and Kashmir that belongs to Pakistan, so that Muslims in that area may freely kill each other.
pakistan is nothing but MR. DENIAL,Iran accuse them of terrorism the answer is NO,USA accuses the answer is no,same with afganistan,china And india is the biggest victim of pakistani export of terrorism,Instead sitting with all these countries and sort the things out,Pakistan will counter accuse all these countries or just totally deny it.How can you deal with the case like it(frustrations)
LeT is not involved, why? Because they are not accepting. They have nothing to loose so why they will not accept? They are brave and if they did it then whey would admit it.
@NS: How absurd is that. Bajrang Dal does indeed have extreme views but they have not ever been qccused of killing people. Plus the notion that Shiv Sena which is a nationalist party ( though in my opinion misguided) wold be inolved in killing Indians -for what? To undermise India Pakistan talks? They have a greater leverage to express their concerns as allies of BJP than such absurd tactics. These false flag theories of yours are getting weirder.
"LeT denies it attacked Indian consulate in Afghanistan" Sure. We take their word. No reason for not believing these honest and truthful guys.....
It was the same Mr. Karzai that told the world that OBL was living in Pakistan. History tells that yes he was being protected in a military cantonment.
Officially banned but tolerated - anecdotal evidence of Pakistan's support of what Wikipedia describes as "is one of the largest and most active terrorist organizations in South Asia, operating mainly from Pakistan".
LeT, TTP are the most peaceful organizations in the world. This is all a lie and a conspiracy against peaceful Muslims.
and what are India's sponsored outfits i.e. BLA, BRA doing in Baluchistan.
@vasan: You choose to believe Karzai? Surely you would have known the American opinion about him
Bush, Kerzai, india never lied hahahahahaha joke of the day.
Loved to see Karzai fold his hands in Delhi before his emperor Modi.
Yeah right.....
@ModiFied: it is BANNED not inactive.its not necessary that a banned outfit is inactive also . Please don't comment just for the SAKE of comments
Pakistani general's punched well above its weight in 2008, and are trying the same now, ample time was given to settle matters and investigate the terrorist activities, and shut this biased terrorism against only a specific neighbor, but, they took action against terrorism perpetrated against only NATO forces, all this to the likes of Zia era generals. I say so since, I believe that the next generation of army and security forces have no hostile and hate against its neighbors. But, soon became victimized due to its general's shortsighted Ness and irrational thinking.( like revival of jihad against india,was the calculation, ever since, The fall of Lal masjid, or else would have consequences in Pakistan Punjab by the jihadists, against Pakistan, hence point towards India and do something spectacular on Indian soil). its sad but true, when diplomacy and pressure from international community doesn't heed to anything, its an open proxy war declared against india. we deserve justice to all those police officers, unarmed men, woman and eleven month old kid shot dead in Mumbai. There are consequence against Pakistani forces(Isi, navy, Army, financial capital city and its police). I hope the Pakistanis have realized it.
All the wars with India and than Kargil, Pakistanis said it was not carried out by them. With passing time, they found the truth that yes it was them. Now not only India but also China, Iran USA and Afghanistan blame 'the Land of the Pure'. Yes anything against Pakistan is a conspiracy against it. As before, it will wake up late and will be engulfed by their own doings.
To expect the cowards to say anything vaguely resembling the truth is in itself a great leap of faith.
Pity : Which part of our short coming turned up in Herat ? Can u pl explain LeT : Oh ; Yeah, we believe you!!!!!!
Nawaz sharif went to link the foot of modi for his own business purposes. It was crystal cleared by modi that Pakistan was a terrorist state.
Poor Karzai, even before bowing out couldn't refrain from his favourite cliche.
of course , they won't accept .
"the most 'spectacular' attacks against Indian forces"..wow....nice choice of word..keep it up..
LeT has been active in Indian Kashmir since the early 1990s and the group has carried out some of the most spectacular attacks against Indian forces in the disputed region.
Spectacular Attack it should read Shameful Attack
Indians love to put blame of their shortcomings on Pakistan, LeT, Hafiz Saeed, etc. Pity.