Military strike an option, says Indian army chief

India has all options, including a military strike, available to deal with Pakistan, which has moved some of its soldiers from FATA to the border with India, said India's Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor in New Delhi on Wednesday.

He said the Army would have to upgrade its capabilities to handle low-intensity conflicts by focusing on its “counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency capabilities.” “We live in troubled times and a fragile region and the possibility of a marginal conventional conflict cannot be ruled out. We must maintain [a] high level of combat readiness at all times,” he said.

Additional Army personnel will be provided for the National Security Guard hubs being set up in the country, added General Kapoor.

Meanwhile, in interviews to TV channels, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband underlined that India and Pakistan did not have an extradition treaty and once again reiterated that Pakistan's justice system is capable of prosecuting the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks.

Miliband endorsed External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's rejection of the Obama administration appointing an envoy on Kashmir, saying Kashmir is a bilateral issue that must be addressed by the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan.

He also said the UK is “not for any particular version of how to cooperate” with regard to Pakistan's proposal for a joint investigation.