Lt. Gen. Pradeep Singh Mehta Counter insurgency implies countering the insurgents - who are always proactive and keep seeking soft targets. On the contrary the security forces keep looking for the needle (terrorists / insurgents) in the haystack (innumerable public). The search tends to lose impetus due to poor results over extended periods. Complacency thus sets in thinking … [Read more...] about In an environment of insurgency/terrorism complacency attracts death
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Pulwama: Pakistan’s reaction and India’s options
Dr. Simrit Kahlon While coming to terms with the horrific terrorist attack on a CRPF convoy at Pulwama, Kashmir, it becomes important to see Pakistan’s reaction to the carnage that it has sponsored. Pakistan has taken military, political and diplomatic actions with such clinical precision that can only be the outcome of previous knowledge of an incident or good experience in … [Read more...] about Pulwama: Pakistan’s reaction and India’s options
Pulwama Terrorist Attack: Pakistan’s duplicity and the Indian response
Jaibans Singh The terrorist attack on a CRPF convoy at Pulwama, Srinagar, is a cowardly act of mindless violence that has left the Nation aghast and the world horrified by its brutality and inhumanity. The Pakistan based terrorist organisation, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), has claimed responsibility for the attack which is said to have been carried out by a local terrorist, Adil … [Read more...] about Pulwama Terrorist Attack: Pakistan’s duplicity and the Indian response
Pakistan’s vicious propaganda against Kashmir has no takers anywhere
Dr. Simrit Kahlon Pakistan’s propaganda against India is a 24/7 feature! It, however, peaks in the month of February with the sham of “Kashmir Solidarity Day” (KSD), an annual ritual since 1990 being observed on 05, February. The stated objective of this sham is to support the so-called struggle towards self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The actual … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s vicious propaganda against Kashmir has no takers anywhere
Trumps Himalayan blunder in Afghanistan and India’s options
Jaibans Singh Among the many disasters that have marked the presidency of Donald Trump, his Afghanistan policy will stand out in history as the most catastrophic. Trump has, right from his campaign for the presidency, rooted for total withdrawal from Afghanistan. No issues with this, since America has realised the blunder that it committed in 2001 by entering Afghanistan and … [Read more...] about Trumps Himalayan blunder in Afghanistan and India’s options