Kathmandu, May 7 -- Nepali lawmakers have raised caution about relations with the terror-sponsoring states, calling on the government to sever relations with such states.

Addressing a session of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Sarbendra Nath Shukla, a lawmaker from the Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, cautioned the government about terror-sponsoring states.

"Especially when it comes to terrorism, the whole world is divided into two factions: One is the backbone of terrorism and its supporters, and the other is standing against terrorism. These two factions have been seen at the forefront. Terror attacks in any of the regions of South Asia, Nepal, indirectly or directly, remain affected. Now the time has arrived that we have to sta...