New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- Retired Indian army officer Lieutenant General Devendra Pratap Pandey on Friday said that the threat perception from the "internal enemy" within the borders needs to be addressed, adding that it is a problem that has been ignored for a long time.

Addressing the ANI's National Security Summit, Lt Gen Pandey (Retd) said that the "DNA of the country is only to look at the external enemy, military preparedness", but the problem of the internal enemy has never been understood in a much more real sense.

"Even when we have been attacked from the West or anywhere, we have been able to hold back, but Darwaze humesha andar se khule (Doors have always been opened from inside). It is the internal enemy which is difficult to id...