India has given a deadline of December 26 to Pakistan for crackdown on people involved in Mumbai terror plot, said a report.

Stratfor, the publisher of geopolitical intelligence on Tuesday, in its report says after Mumbai attacks, India relayed a message to Pakistan via the US that they would be given “30 days to carry out significant actions in cracking down on militant groups operating on Pakistani soil”.

Islamabad has been denying that they were from Pakistan.

The US made clear to Pakistan that Islamabad will have to deliver on India’s demands or else Washington will not be able to stand in New Delhi’s way, it said.

The report said India using time to prepare its military forces, and waiting when the time comes to act.

However, the report said, it is still unclear how far India will take this military campaign and to what extent the US operations in Afghanistan will be affected.

The intelligence publisher reported that the US, knowing its “limitations” of the relationship with New Delhi, is already preparing for “a worst-case scenario”.

It appears that if the government in Islamabad is not seen as responding to Indian demands, Washington has told them it cannot prevent what India may do next, whatever that may be.

That “drop-dead date” folks, is tomorrow, 26 December.

This whole situation appears to be devolving into a real can of worms, particularly if the Stratfor reports that the US is “already preparing for a ‘worst-case scenario’ “