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There are many other concrete steps that the South Asian
countries could take at the declaratory and substantive levels to
deal with the problem of terrorism in the region. This would
include: unequivocal condemnation of terrorist activities;
harmonization of domestic legislation dealing with terrorism;
intelligence-sharing by exchanging “look-out lists” of wanted
terrorists fleeing across national frontiers; and sharing
experience about anti-terrorist operations and techniques. The
recently concluded SAARC Summit declaration in Kathmandu
has pledged them to fight terrorism “in all its forms and
manifestations including by increased cooperation and full
implementation of the relevant international conventions relating
to terrorism”, and “to prevent and suppress the financing of
terrorist acts by criminalizing the collections of funds for such
acts and refraining from organizing, instigating, assisting or
participating in terrorist acts in States or acquiescing in
organized activities within its territory directed towards the
commission of such acts”. These pious declarations will remain
empty rhetoric unless credible steps are taken by the SAARC
countries to implement them.