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(RTTNews) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's confession that Islamabad created and nurtured Islamic terrorist groups for "short-term tactical objectives" has vindicated India's stand that the neighboring soil was being used for launching terror attacks on India, said foreign minister S M Krishna in Parliament Thursday.

Zardari's confessions came months after Pakistan admitted that Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist caught alive, was indeed its citizen after denying it initially. Prior to this Pakistan never admitted to its nationals being involved in terrorist attacks in India.

"We have got some kind of confession from the highest authority of Pakistan. To that extent, India's stand has been vindicated in the eyes of the world. All through, India had been saying that the Pakistani soil was being used for attacks on India repeatedly," Krishna said in Rajya Sabha (Upper House) during a discussion on his suo-motu statement on "significant developments in the neighborhood".

"Grudgingly, Pakistan has accepted that terrorist attacks emanated against India from its soil. I would not say they were state-sponsored or engineered," he said, adding, now it's the responsibility of the government there to stop these attacks.

"If peace in the region is to be established ? and we have to lead a path of growth and prosperity, terror infrastructure has to be dismantled and perpetrators of terrorism have to be brought to justice. I hope Pakistan will dismantle terror infrastructure created on its soil."

Days before foreign secretaries and prime ministers of India and Pakistan are due to meet in Egypt, Krishna took a tough stand on terrorism emanating from Pakistani soil, also laying out bench marks for the talks next week.

Krishna emphasized that "terrorism cannot be fought selectively, it will have to be fought across the board", indicating Pakistan would have to take action against anti-India groups in the same way as it has done against Taliban.

In his statement, he said, "It is the responsibility of the government of Pakistan to take all such steps as are necessary to address this issue and expose and take action against the conspiracies and conspirators responsible for such attacks."