Tiger by the tail: Pakistan's militant challenge in Kashmir

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan: Pressure is mounting on Pakistan to contain militants itching for a fight with arch-nemesis India amid growing calls for action in its escalating dispute with New Delhi over Kashmir.

"I have six children. I will send them for jihad ... God willing our morale is gaining momentum," said Muhammad Amjad, a 47-year-old former militant."I brought up my sons. God willing, I will send them and will also go with them," she told AFP, tears rolling down her cheeks.Pakistan's most high-profile news anchor, Hamid Mir, hosted three former Pakistani diplomats on his show on Geo News this week, all of whom supported violent resistance in Indian-held Kashmir.

The deadliest such attack came in Mumbai in 2008, when militants from Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba killed more than 160 people. A militant strike would probably hit Pakistan's economy hard, as it balances a new IMF bailout and tries to avoid being blacklisted by a terror financing watchdog later this year.

"I don't think the jihadists are under the full control of the government, they never were," Ahmed added.

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