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| Indian troops on alert | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 4: The Indian troops, guarding the LOC in Jammu and Kashmir, have been asked to intensify their vigil on the border following reports that Pakistani agencies may push into the state bigger groups of militants after Pakistan withdrew about 10,000 Army personnel from its border in Occupied Kashmir in recent days.
Official sources said that these troops were withdrawn by the Pakistan Government for deployment in Swat, Dir and Buner belts where the Government troops were engaged in fierce gun battle with the Talibans. During the last one fortnight over 150 Talibans were killed while Pakistan forces lost nearly 40 soldiers.
The sources said that Islamabad ordered withdrawal of troops from across Poonch, Rajouri and Kupwara. Since most of the battle-hardened Baluch and Pakhtoon troops had been deployed on the border soon after the Mumbai carnage they had been instrumental in reducing the level of infiltration of militants into Jammu and Kashmir. With the withdrawal of these additional forces militants may find it easy to cross the LOC. It is in this context that the Indian troops have been asked to remain alert and intensify patrolling. They have been asked to make optimum use of the gadgets, including sensors that had been installed on the LOC, right from Rajouri to Kupwara-Uri belt.
The sources said that Islamabad withdrew these troops from the LOC after it received assurance from Delhi that India would not violate the ceasefire agreement. In fact the decision to withdraw several battalions of Pakistani troops from the border for fighting the Talibans in Buner and Swat had been the result US pressure on Pakistan Government. The American Government has been goading Islamabad for initiating result-oriented operations against the Talibans.
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