61.   Pakistan has been supporting Islamic militants who want to end Indian rule in the region.

62.   Pakistan has been supporting Islamic militants who want to see an end to Indian rule in the region.

63.   Seshan arrived in Srinagar a day after politicians and religious leaders who support the militants launched a campaign urging the people of Jammu-Kashmir to boycott an election.

64.   Sudan has denied accusations in the past that it is helping Iran to export Islamic revolution by training and supporting Muslim militants.

65.   The Brotherhood denies supporting the militants and says it believes an Islamic government should be achieved through peaceful means.

66.   The attack again raised questions of whether elements in the military secretly support the militants.

67.   The Algerian government has in the past accused Iran and Sudan, both ruled by Islamic governments, of supporting militants fighting to topple it.

68.   The Chechen government, which says it does not support the militants, had warned it would hit back against any Russian attacks on its territory.

69.   The government then accused it of supporting Muslim militants who have staged a campaign of violence against the state in their bid to install a strict Islamic state.

70.   Without referring directly to the hostages, Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao condemned Pakistan for supporting separatist militants.