NEW DELHI (AFP) – The head of India's army on Wednesday confirmed that Pakistan has redeployed troops along the two countries' tense border but said he regarded war as a “last resort.”

Tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals dramatically escalated after India accused “official agencies” in Pakistan of involvement in the November 26 Mumbai attacks.
Islamabad has angrily rejected the allegations, and Pakistani officials said last month that troops were being moved from the northwest tribal areas bordering Afghanistan to the eastern border near India.
“The aspect of some (Pakistani) troops coming towards the east... we are aware of it. That has happened. They have come to the eastern border of Pakistan with India,” India's General Deepak Kapoor told a news conference.
“However, having known this fact, let me assure you that the Indian army has factored this in its planning,” he added. “That is not something which is a cause of concern for us.”
The head of India's 1.3-million strong army said tensions between the two countries had risen in the wake of the attacks in which 174 people, including nine gunmen, were killed.
But he did not say whether India had also bolstered its troops along the already heavily-militarized border, including the tense Line of Control that divides the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
The nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, two of them over Kashmir.
“There has been larger amount of tensions since 26/11 because we do feel that the perpetrators came from Pakistani soil,” Kapoor said.
“In view of that we in India are keeping all our options open and that must be clearly understood.
“It is not to raise any kind of hysteria for war... but I am referring to the keeping of all our options open -- whether diplomatic, economic or, as the last resort, a fighting option,” he said.
Meanwhile, India's foreign minister on Wednesday criticized Pakistan for downplaying the significance of a dossier New Delhi compiled on the Mumbai attacks.
“The (Indian) material is adequate for Pakistan to take up a probe,” Pranab Mukherjee said after Pakistan prime minister said the dossier provided information rather than evidence.
“There is a continuing pattern of evasiveness and denial in Pakistan's response to the terrorist attack on Mumbai.
“These reinforce the already strong doubts which exist on Pakistan's stance on terrorism and on its capacity and willingness to cooperate with other countries against terrorism,” he added.