Political India: Engaging America

From The Hindu

The United States is “worried” about the prospect of a terror attack in India “right now,” according to Robert Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, in particular from groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba.

In a recent interview in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mr. Blake said, “We think that groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba are looking for opportunities and countries through which they can infiltrate into India.”

Touching upon counter-terrorism coordination between key South Asian nations, Mr. Blake added that from the U.S.' perspective, the bilateral cooperation between countries has been “pretty good, with the possible exception of Pakistan.”

High priority

Arguing that such coordination, however, was “a very high priority for India and for Pakistan,” the Assistant Secretary said that the U.S. was very encouraged that the two nations' Home Ministers were going to meet on March 28.

“We hope that that can get counter-terrorism cooperation back on a more solid footing,” Mr. Blake said.