Germany on Thursday urged Pakistan to take strong and effective action against terrorism by taking steps to eliminate the terror outfits operating in the country."There is terrorism on the ground. In Pakistan, too, every effort must be made to ensure that terrorist organisations, which are known to have their base in Pakistan, are not only not able to carry out their nefarious deeds there, but are in fact combated," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a statement.He added that he spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi over the heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, underlining that Germany is "very concerned about the current state of affairs".Urging India and Pakistan to ensure that there is no confrontation between the two sides, Maas further said, "I spoke on the telephone with the Foreign Minister of Pakistan about this a few days ago. We hope that the situation does not trigger an escalation.""We know that the situation in Kashmir is not how we ...
