2006年VOA标准英语-Pakistan Says Indian Terrorism Does Not Have Pa

By Benjamin Sand
Islamabad
17 July 2006

 
Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, left, shakes hand with Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammed Khan before talks in New Delhi, Jan. 17, 2006 
  
Pakistan says it does not allow its territory to be used for terrorism against India, a response to allegations by the Indian prime minister that the Mumbai train bombers¹ got support from inside Pakistan. A Pakistani official called cancellation² by India of this week's scheduled peace talks a "negative development," and expressed hope that the dialogue would continue. 

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Since last week's bombings in Mumbai, Indian leaders have repeatedly said Islamabad has to dismantle³ terrorist networks based inside Pakistan before cross-border peace talks can resume.

Monday, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammed Khan insisted the two-year old peace process and the attacks in the Indian financial capital, also known as Bombay, should not be linked.

"There ought not to be any linkage⁴ between the efforts to combat and fight terrorism and the efforts to resolve problems. These are two different things," he said.

The two historic rivals have been engaged in a tenuous⁵ two-year peace dialogue, aimed at easing cross-border tensions. A new round of discussions was scheduled to be held this week, but the bombings re-ignited the two countries' historic distrust, and India put the peace process on hold.

The deadly attacks killed almost 200 people and injured more than 800 others. Indian suspicions quickly focused on Kashmiri separatist groups with historic ties to Pakistan's powerful intelligence services.

Islamabad has strongly denounced the bombings, and rejects allegations of any official collusion.

Monday, Khan again insisted Pakistan does not allow anti-Indian terrorists to stage attacks from inside Pakistan, and repeated promises of assistance as India searches for the bombers.

"As regards acts of terrorism, we have condemned⁶ them, and we have stated that, if there is solid evidence, we will help with the investigation," said Khan. "This is how the international community cooperates with each other in combating terrorism. There is no other way."

Pakistan has in the past supported a number of militant⁷ Kashmiri separatist groups based inside Pakistan, and the Pakistan-controlled portion of Kashmir.

But since the peace process started in 2003, Pakistan has outlawed⁸ several groups suspected of staging terrorist acts against India.

1 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 cancellation   

n.删除，取消

参考例句：

• Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
• Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。

3 dismantle   

vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消

参考例句：

• He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。
• The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。

4 linkage   

n.连接；环节

参考例句：

• In their monographic treatment of linkage,they have emphasized this especially.他们在论连锁的专题文章中特别强调了这点。
• Occasionally,problems with block inheritance or linkage are encountered.有时会遇到区段遗传或连锁问题。

5 tenuous   

adj.细薄的，稀薄的，空洞的

参考例句：

• He has a rather tenuous grasp of reality.他对现实认识很肤浅。
• The air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous.距离地面十公里的空气十分稀薄。

6 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

7 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

8 outlawed   

宣布…为不合法（outlaw的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Most states have outlawed the use of marijuana. 大多数州都宣布使用大麻为非法行为。
• I hope the sale of tobacco will be outlawed someday. 我希望有朝一日烟草制品会禁止销售。