Manmohan Singh hopes world will wake up to reality of Pak links to terror

Against the backdrop of the US assertion that Pakistan's ISI was helping terror groups in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight hoped that the world would wake up to the realisation about which India had been talking about for long.

Talking to reporters on board Air India One, he said that he had joined the rest of the world leaders in his speech at the United Nations in condoling the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani.

There is a strong growing awareness that measures have to be taken to check these forces, Singh said.

Gen Mike Mullen, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US,  has said that there are "certain forces in Pakistan. It is not new to us. If fact, the world did not believe us earlier. I am quite certain that now the world will wake up to these forces."

His statement came against the backdrop of America's assertion that ISI was helping Haqqani network terror group in launching attacks in Afghanistan.