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India’s Modi sets terms for peace with Pakistan: ‘terror and talks cannot go together’
In his first remarks since last week’s deadly clashes, PM Narendra Modi warned that a terrorist attack on India would prompt further strikes
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Pakistan that New Delhi will target “terrorist hideouts” across the border again if there are new attacks on India and will not be deterred by Islamabad’s “nuclear blackmail”.
Modi’s remarks on Monday, his first public comments since Indian armed forces launched strikes on what Delhi said were “terrorist camps” across the border last week, indicated a hardening of India’s position on ties with its neighbour, which were icy even before the latest fighting.
Pakistan denies Indian accusations that it supports militants who attack it and says the locations hit by India last week were civilian sites.
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Modi was speaking two days after the nuclear-armed neighbours agreed to a ceasefire, announced by US President Donald Trump.
The truce was reached after four days of intense exchanges of fire as the old enemies targeted each other’s military installations with missiles and drones, killing dozens of civilians.
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The military confrontation began on Wednesday, when India said it launched strikes on nine “terrorist infrastructure” sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir following an attack on Hindu tourists by Islamist militants in Indian Kashmir last month that killed 26 men.
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