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| Pak allows limited infiltration into J&K | | Nepal, Bangladesh used for sending trained militants | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 11:
Indian Army's vital Northern Command has evidence, clearly suggesting that anti-India groups in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have adopted new routes for trained militants' entry into Jammu and Kashmir. The Union government has been informed that most of the ultras owing allegiance to the dreaded terrorist outfits like Hizbul Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and Al Badr are sent into J&K through Nepal and Bangladesh.
Only the Afghan and Pakistani cadres of hardcore outfits like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) still preferred to sneak into the Indian territory through the Line of Control (LoC) as they feared being exposed if they took the Nepal and Bangladesh routes.
According to knowledgeable sources, the Northern Command, in its situation assessment report, has pointed out that after receiving training in handling sophisticated weapons, terrorists transit through Nepal and Bangladesh and enter Jammu and Kashmir. The report also points out that Islamist militants earily merge into the local milieu unlike foreign militants who reach Srinagar by bus.
And if the report were any guide, security forces were finding it difficult to curb the trend as the militants did not carry even small arms. The militants, the report said, were handed the weapons by their local contacts after they reached designated locations in the troubled State of Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said that at least six out of every ten terrorists operating in Kashmir were Hizbul Mujahideen cadres.
According to these sources, the new route into Jammu and Kashmir have gained currency with the terrorists in recent months. Sources said that infiltration levels had not gone down substantially as terrorists were now exploiting other routes into Kashmir rather than the heavily guarded Line of Control (LoC).
Three Pakistani militant groups have reportedly let it be known that Pakistan intelligence agencies (read ISI) have allowed islamic guerrillas to resume small-scale infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir. These groups, namely, Hizbul Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) have stated that the Pak agencies had signalled some months ago that small-scale infiltration could resume.
With mounting pressure on Gen. Parvez Musharraf to allow restoration of democracy in Pakistan through free and fair parliamentary elections, the Pakistan President might be trying to outflank nationalist and religious parties, which could accuse him of being soft on Kashmir. Gen. Musharraf may not take long to change his position, according to Pakistan-watchers.
The newly trained terrorists also included an unidentifed number of Afghans. These terrorists in diferent parts of Jammu and Kashmir, sources said, were goling for soft targets like lobbing grenades in crowded markets and targeting civilians. Under the orders from their mentors across the LoC, the new inductees were, at present, refraining from taking on the security forces.
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