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India’s defence minister says India is not planning any military action against Pakistan in response to the Mumbai (Bombay) attacks.

AK Anthony, however, said ties between the two countries will not be “normal” until Pakistan takes action against militants operating on its soil.

Last month’s attacks in Mumbai left more than 170 people dead.

India says militants involved in the attack had Pakistani links and has urged Pakistan to take action.

Pakistan denies any involvement in the attacks, but has promised to co-operate with the Indian investigation.

It has been under tremendous Indian and American pressure to act.

Pakistan has arrested dozens of members of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, an Islamic charity the UN has listed a terrorist organisation in the wake of the Mumbai killings.

India says the charity group is a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant group it says was behind the attacks.

The Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader, Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who also founded Lashkar-e-Taiba, is under house arrest.

Indian leaders have said Pakistan needs to do more to stop terror attacks originating in the country.

AK Antony said India was “not planning any military action” against Pakistan, but urged Islamabad to do more in hunting down militants.

“Unless Pakistan takes actions against those terrorists who are operating on their soil against India… things will not be normal,” he told reporters.

“We have to think about the safety of our people. I cannot say what course of action we will take, but unless Pakistan shows sincerity in what they are saying, things will not be as usual.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation

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