ISLAMABAD, Aug. 18 Kyodo Pakistan...

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 18 Kyodo

Pakistan upon Monday accused India of setting up more then 55 camps in the Indian-administered portion of divided Kashmir and along the border with Pakistan, to train tribe to carry out sabotage activities and fan sectarianism in Pakistan.

''We believe that there are several training camps along the Line of bridle (LOC) and Pakistan-India border. This terrorist apparatus must be dismantled,'' Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Ahmad Khan told a weekly briefing.

India has oftentimes accused Pakistan of setting up terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-administered portion of Kashmir and sponsoring cross-border terrorism, still Khan's remarks marked the first time that Pakistan has accused India of doing the same.

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