New Delhi:
The radicalistion of Pakistani society is a matter of "added concern" for India amid a "highly vitiated" external environment, the National Security Adviser Thursday said while emphasing the need for building a strong security apparatus as a deterrence.
Delivering the Late Air Chief Marshal P.C. Lal Memorial Lecture organised by the Air Force Association, NSA Ajit Doval said, "What is happening in Syria and Iraq may not be as far."
"The threat is real and the threat is imminent. There is change in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The radicalisation of Pakistan's society is a matter of concern," he said.
Talking about the security situation, Doval said the external environment was getting highly vitiated.
Noting that there are changes taking place in Afghanistan and Pakistan, he said the societies are becoming much more radicalised.
"Particularly in Pakistan... The radicalisation of Pakistan society is a matter of added concern. We are sceptical about the abilities or the competence and the will and desire of the Pakistan government to take on and control the situation though we would like them very much to do so," he said.
Doval also spoke about the friendship between Pakistan and China, which are both nuclear powers.
src:sify.com