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UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is visiting India and Pakistan in the wake of last month's gun and grenade attacks in Mumbai. | |
He met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the aftermath of the attacks which killed at least 170 people, including one Briton. | He met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the aftermath of the attacks which killed at least 170 people, including one Briton. |
Mr Brown is now in Pakistan for talks with President Asif Ali Zardari. | Mr Brown is now in Pakistan for talks with President Asif Ali Zardari. |
India has announced a security overhaul, blaming Pakistan-based militants for the killings. | |
After the meeting with Mr Singh, Mr Brown said he had wanted to express his condolence for the Mumbai attacks at first hand. | |
He said the "terrible terror outrages" had shocked the whole world and the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group, thought to be responsible, had "a great deal to answer for". | |
Information plea | |
He added: "No country should have to go through what India has had to go through as a result of the Mumbai outrages. | |
"I've said to Prime Minister Singh we will give every help that we can. We will work together in tackling terrorism. And we will work together on issue of security. We also know that there have been arrests in Pakistan. | |
"We also know that the group responsible is LeT and that they have a great deal to answer for." | |
India has urged Pakistan to take action over the attacks. | India has urged Pakistan to take action over the attacks. |
Pakistan denies any involvement, but has promised to co-operate with the Indian investigation. | Pakistan denies any involvement, but has promised to co-operate with the Indian investigation. |
President Zardari has pledged to take "strong action" against terrorists, but has also called on India to share more information about the attacks. | President Zardari has pledged to take "strong action" against terrorists, but has also called on India to share more information about the attacks. |
Mr Brown said he would convey the concerns of the Indian people when he meets with Mr Zardari later on Sunday. | Mr Brown said he would convey the concerns of the Indian people when he meets with Mr Zardari later on Sunday. |
BBC political correspondent Carole Walker, who is travelling with Mr Brown, said the trip has been dominated by how to counter the threat from extremists. | BBC political correspondent Carole Walker, who is travelling with Mr Brown, said the trip has been dominated by how to counter the threat from extremists. |
Afghanistan trip | Afghanistan trip |
Speaking during his surprise visit to Afghanistan on Saturday, Mr Brown said wherever there was terrorism, it had to be fought. | |
He described Pakistan's border region with the country, where he met troops fighting the Taleban, as one end of a "chain of terror" that could stretch to Britain if more was not done to tackle the threat of al-Qaeda. | He described Pakistan's border region with the country, where he met troops fighting the Taleban, as one end of a "chain of terror" that could stretch to Britain if more was not done to tackle the threat of al-Qaeda. |
The prime minister's visit to Afghanistan came a day after four Royal Marines were killed in two separate bomb attacks. | The prime minister's visit to Afghanistan came a day after four Royal Marines were killed in two separate bomb attacks. |
Mr Brown spoke of his "disgust and horror" at the willingness of the Taleban to use a 13-year-old child to deliver a bomb in a wheelbarrow to a Marine patrol, killing three men and the boy. | |
The PM is expected to update MPs on the security situation in Afghanistan in an oral statement to the House of Commons on Monday. | The PM is expected to update MPs on the security situation in Afghanistan in an oral statement to the House of Commons on Monday. |