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Musharraf: Ministers must back up Pakistan Army

General Pervez Musharraf, former president of Pakistan, says the Pakistani government needs to support the army, in the fight against terrorism.

He was talking after an attack on a police academy near the western Pakistani city of Quetta, left at least 60 people dead.

General Musharraf tells Radio 4's World Tonight that the Pakistani army have acted successfully against terrorists, in areas such as Karachi, but "not with the full sincerity that the government is backing them".

(Photo: General Pervez Musharraf Credit: Getty Images)

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