Manawan -- question mark. But i cant even speculate on it.
Attack at Liberty --without a shadow of a doubt it was an indian job. The indians were still licking their wounds from mumbai and quite upset; they were livid that Sri Lankans opted to travel to Pakistan to play a friendly game of cricket
they were equally furious at the fact that pilots dispatched by Pakistan Air Force were either actively particpating in some of the ground attack missions against tamil tiger terrorist positions as well as assisting in instructional roles; not to mention the fact that we were providing huge shipments of arms (primarily small arms, small arms ammunition, RPGs, grenades and mortars) to the Sri Lankan Armed Forces.
indian stooped so low as to warn and arm-twist Sri Lankans into not cooperating with Pakistan or even playing cricket.....crying to the world to stop arming the evil Pakistanis.
that is why india opted to teach them a lesson --when Sri Lankans gave indians the finger; secondary objective was to try to isolate Pakistan as a host for sports events (which actually, the indians did succeed in that regard)....kill 2 birds with one stone.
no group in Pakistan or Afghanistan --- whether its Al Qaeda or Al Qaeda sympathetic; or whether its taleban (Afghanistan or Pakistan chapter) would bother attacking a visiting cricket team. Especially a country like Sri Lanka with whom they have no agenda whatsoever.