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| Pak talks to India while continuing to export terror | | | Col (retd) Anil Bhat | 10/23/2011 10:48:53 PM |
| US President Barack Obama expressing concern over Pakistan's military and intelligence links with extremists-stating that it is "troubling" to US-and that a peaceful approach towards India would be in "everybody's interests" etc sounds a mite too mild, to say the least, considering that US' monetary and military hardware aid to Pakistan has not yet stopped, despite it being used by Pakistan to cause deaths of US and NATO soldiers inAfghanistan . The further irony about US pressure on India to resume/continue talks with Pakistan is that despite India doing so and even going unprecedentedly far enough to invite its commerce minister with an 80 member trade delegation to visit India as a very major confidence building measure, Pakistan continues export terror to India relentlessly and unabatedly to date. During Ms Hillary Clinton, latest visit to Pakistan following shortly after Mr Obama's statement, she publicly made the strongest statement on behalf of US to Pakistan army/its military intelligence agency ISI, that if they breed snakes in their backyard, they should not expect them to bite only their neighbours. A series of recent incidents in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Pakistan Occupied J&K are testimony to Pakistan military's highly coordinated efforts to keep exporting terror, despite its own commitments of combating terrorists spawned by it in Pakistan. This writer has accessed inputs which give precise details of how well organized and orchestrated the direct support of both Pakistan army and its infamous military intelligence wing Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has been to terrorist groups, particularly its India-specific Lashkar e Tayyaba (LeT), also functioning under the guise of Jamat ud Dawa, which have been hyperactive in trying to infiltrate into Kashmir valley across the Line of Control (LoC) in September-October before the snow sets in. A three-day operation beginning on 26 September in Kralpura, 15 kms from Kupwara, in Machil sector, resulted in five Pakistani terrorists being killed. Own casualties were Lieutenant Sushil Khajuria, one soldier and two policemen killed and one soldier injured. On 27 September, Army captured a terrorist named Nisar Ahmed of LeT, who, had an interesting story to tell the local media invited for a press conference by Lt Gen S A Hasnain, GOC of Chinar Corps headquartered at Srinagar, a few days later. On 30 September in an anti infiltration operation at Burjholi, in the high altitude area of the dense Pharkian forest of Kupwara, the Army killed another five heavily armed and very well-equipped Pakistani terrorists trying to cross over for launching attacks in the valley. Five Kalashnikovs, three under barrel grenade launchers, six radio sets, maps, matrix sheets, GPS and other war-like stores -all items at least one each per terrorist - were recovered. On 3 October one terrorist-most likely part of the same infiltrating group - was killed at Dardpura, 10 kms from Kralpura. Another terrorist killed at Pulwama turned out to be Abdul Rehman, aka Rehman Bhai, LeT's commander for South Kashmir was killed. His counterpart for North Kashmir, Abdullah Uni, was killed a couple of weeks earlier. Over many questions asked by media at the press conference where Nisar had been brought, he specified in Urdu " mujhe zabardasti bharti kiya (I was recuited by force)… humko Pakistan army aur agency(ISI) walon ne training di thi aur unhone hi humko yahan bheja….mujhe wapis mut bhejiye, woh mujhe maar denge (Pak army and agency men trained us and it was they who inducted us…please do not send me back, they will kill me). Interacting with this writer, Lt Gen Hasnain began by clarifying that there has been no change whatsoever in Pakistan's Kashmir policy. "A recent achievement of our troops deployed on the LoC in Machil sector was foiling a major infiltration bid in which five militants were killed and one was captured alive. He is Nissar Ahmed, of the LeT, fromKarachi, who during the preliminary interrogation revealed that he was initially trained at a LeT training facility at Manshera…Pakistan's military setting up militant infrastructure in its hinterland and POK, aimed at spreading violence to disrupt peace and harmony in Kashmir, is a part of the overall Kashmir Policy," he said. The arrested militant, according to the GOC, confirmed that seven members of the group were selected for infiltration into Kashmir through Machil sector. "They were provided with arms, ammunition and all the necessary wherewithal for navigation and communication as well as enough money and foodstuff/eatables for their survival and were moved forward to a launch pad in the vicinity of a Pakistan Army Post. While infiltrating they had an encounter with our soldiers and during this gunfight Nisar Ahmed fell into a nallah and surrendered after getting surrounded," the GOC said. Praising Lieutenant Sushil Khajuria for his bravery, he expressed deep regret at the loss of this officer of Army Service Corps doing his infantry attachment with 18 Grenadiers, another soldier and two policemen during the Machil encounter. Some fresh inputs about changes in the modus operendi of Pak army/ISI since the killing of Osama bin Laden are that strict control has been imposed on activities of terrorisrt groups. ISI has specifically instructed terrorisrt commanders not to take any unilateral action in the Valley. In one such incident a group of terrorisrts was intercepted and arrested by Pak Army in July 2011 and handed over to ISI, which released them after 10 to 12 days. Another step taken to counter J& K government's surrender policy has been to organize surrenders, which are a farce. Most of the prospective surrenderees are residents of Mohajir Camps located at various places in POK, where they have been staying with their families for almost 20 years. Most of the earlier terrorisrt guides have also settled in these Mohajir Camps with their families. At the Barali terrorisrt training camp, there are LeT commanders staying with their families. With help of its sources ISI is keeping a hawk eye over the movement of terrorisrts living with their families in Mohajir camps. Incentives to Pakistani terrorisrts of various tanzeens are: LeT cadres-Rs 8000/- to 10,000/- per month, Jaish e Mohammad cadres- Rs 3000/- , Hizbul Mujahedeen cadres- Rs 500/- and terrorisrts of various tanzeems belonging to J&K get approximately Rs 5000/-per month. Those living with families get rations also. United Jihad Council chief, Syed Salahuddin has been touring various Mohajir camps to boost the sagging morale of terrorisrts and urging them to reject the J&K Govt surrender policy. However, it has reportedly had no impact in Mohajir camps and a vast majority of them want to return to J&K to lead a normal life and reject violence. Another development reported since 10 September 2011, by Press for Peace (PFP) a civil society organization, from Muzaffarabad, POK, is that a large number of women protested against the recent activities of some militant groups in Nilam Valley area. The women contacted and informed PFP activists that suspicious non-local persons have been trying to establish camps in Kuthan Peeran, Aathmuqam, Shah Kot, Dudhnial and surrounding villages of Nilam district. The PFP report quoted Mr. Arif Shahid, Secretary- General of the All Parties National Alliance (APNA), saying "Jihadi activities have been restarted during the last few weeks. Most of these activities are concentrated in the Nilam Valley along the LoC. Militants based there in large number and have set up camps. The men are not locals - they have long hair and beards. Most do not speak the local language." Residents of the Nilam Valley also staged a demonstration on 17 September to protest against the presence of militants carrying out attacks from POK into J&K. Traders at Athmuqam in Nilam Valley closed their shops for two hours and also held a rally. They are apprehensive that the stepped -up terrorist activity in the area may lead to a collapse of the ceasefire along the LoC and endanger peace which the region has had since 2004. The protestors marched to the office of the Deputy Commissioner and apprised him of their concerns.
According to South Asia Terrorism Portal, since 01 January to 03 October 2011 in Kashmir Valley, there have been at least 105 incidents of infiltration attempts/attacks by terrorists/ encounters/arrests - almost all involving Pakistani terrorists, mostly LeT.
Excerpt of an article by Mr Rustom, in Early Times of 02 October, merits mention: "Foreign Minister SM Krishna is cheerfully swallowing all the humiliations being caused by the Pakistani political establishment, including Pakistani Foreign Minister, in and outside India. He wants talks with Pakistan and is prepared to negotiate a truce overJammu and Kashmir. He is not very much concerned with the existence of terror producing training camps in Pakistan and POJK, 42 in number. Nor does he feel disturbed over the manner Pakistan is exporting terrorism to India to detabilise and wreck it…… That Krishna and Defence Minister AK Antony are treading different paths became quite evident yesterday when he (Antony) told reporters that there could be no peace between the two countries unless Pakistan dismantles and destroys all the 42 terror training camps, located in Pakistan and POJK. He was so emphatic that he did not agree with the reporter who said that there were 40 terrorist training camps in Pakistan. He corrected the reporter saying 'not 40, but 42'. The message of Antony, unlike Krishna, was loud and clear -that India wants peace with Pakistan subject to the condition that the latter would not allow its soil to be used for conducting anti-India operations. This should be the line". |
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