Gen Rawat in an address at the Raisina Dialogue said, it is a dire need of the hour to make use of a strict approach in dealing with terrorism, likewise the US went after the terror groups after the attacks of 9/11.
“As long as there are states which sponsor terrorism, we will have to live with the menace. We need to take the bull by its horns and strike at the root cause,” he said referring indirectly to Pakistan.
“If we think the war on terrorism is going to end, we are wrong,” Gen Rawat said.
He further added the countries which are sponsoring terrorism could not be part of the global fight against terror networks. “You cannot have partners who are partnering global war on terrorism and yet sponsoring terrorism...There has to be diplomatic isolation of those sponsoring terrorism. Any country which is sponsoring terrorism has to be taken to task,” he said.
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On incorporating radicalisation, the Chief of Defence Staff said it could be checked if right persons were targeted, adding that there was a need to confront the “ideology of radicalisation”.
Asked whether he supported negotiations with the Taliban, he said peace talks should be initiated with everybody provided they gave up the “weapon of terrorism”.