Fight causes of terrorism

While the Untied States and the rest of the world were preparing to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks on the US this week, two terrorist attacks in India and Pakistan on Wednesday have reinforced the fact that the world is no safer than it was 10 years ago, and humanity still faces a formidable task to rid the world of the scourge of terrorism.

In Pakistan, two suicide bombers killed more than 20 people in an attack on the residence of the deputy chief of the Frontier Corps in Quetta city. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. While in India, a South Asian militant group linked to Al-Qaida claimed responsibility for a powerful briefcase bomb placed outside the High Court in New Delhi that killed at least 11 people and wounded 76. It has been described as the worst terrorist attack in the country since militants staged a number of coordinated attacks that killed more than 164 people and wounded more than 300 in Mumbai in 2008.

These heinous crimes against innocent people make it crystal clear that the apparatus of international terrorism is still active. Therefore, even though the Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces near the Pakistan capital in May, the fight against terrorism continues.