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Wikileaks revealed that Pakistan’s army chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has said to US that Pakistan will respond to Indian attacks. According to news: As Indo-Pak tensions escalated post-26/11 amid mounting evidence of involvement of Pakistani establishment in the Mumbai strikes, Pakistan’s army chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani had told America that his force “would respond to an Indian attack,” according to leaked U.S. cables. Four days after Barack Obama took over as President, Gen. Kayani, during a meeting with U.S. Central Command chief Gen. David Petraeus in Islamabad on January 24, 2009, claimed that Pakistan was exercising restraint in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks, said a U.S. embassy cable from Islamabad, released by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks. “Kayani said he was going to exercise restraint with India, but would respond to an Indian attack,” the cable said. If someone know the details about this news he can share here freely. I want to gathered more information about this document.
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Here is a summary of leaked US cable about General Kayani's decision to fight back any Indian attack: Petraeus said the most important threat to Pakistan was on the western border and internally. Terrorists were an existential threat to Pakistan. Kayani agreed. However, Kayani observed that he had postponed a missile test. The Indians, he said, in contrast, had conducted one just a few hours before. Kayani said he had no intention to resume missile testing as long as the current tensions persisted. He promised to be transparent with allies about his plans and had briefed us about his move of 6000 troops to the Indian border. Kayani said he was determined to exercise restraint in his actions with India. He recounted that he had taken no action the evening that Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee had supposedly called President Zardari and threatened to declare war. Kayani asked to be alerted if the U.S. had any warning of another attack - he understood that the Indians had been warned about the Mumbai attack. He mentioned that discussion of the consequences of a follow-on attack made both India and Pakistan hostage to extremists and increased the likelihood of an attack. "If there is any clue about another attack," he said, "please share it with us."
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