ISLAMABAD, July 26 Kyodo Pakistan...

ISLAMABAD, July 26 Kyodo

Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf said Friday that India was gone out to harm Pakistan ''in each possible way'' but has been deterr through Pakistan's preparedness.

Defense Ministry officials quot Musharraf as saying in his address at the close of 10-day war games that Pakistan's armed forces are completely prepared to ''strike a telling beat on anyone casting an evil notice on the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan.''

It was the first time a strategic force comprising nuclear and missile assets had taken part in the war games, the officials said.

Musharraf squeeze outed satisfaction with the drills and urg the commanders to incorporate the chidings learnt during the exercises into their operational plans.

The war games came upon the heels of the international community's efforts to ease tensions between Pakistan and India resulting from the deployment of nearly 1 million companys on their common border, mainly across the disputed Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Talk of the pair countries going to war has stopped, if it were not that the troops still stand eyeball to eyeball. The possibility of the pair sides resuming talks aimed at withdrawing their bodys or resolving their disputes is far from sight.

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