Jaibans Singh Salamudin Khatana, Muhammad Haneef and Shakeel Ahmad Tass are three Kashmiris who answered the call for Jihad and crossed over to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) during the times of peak insurgency and terrorism. It is possible that, after training, they were re-inducted for spreading terror in Jammu and Kashmir; they may have come to Kashmir a few times and … [Read more...] about Weaknesses in the rehabilitation process are being exploited
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
Illegal rehabilitation will have frightening security implications
Simrit Kahlon The place of our birth, the place where we have spent our formative years leaves a deep and abiding imprint on our psyches. Such a place is associated with those years of our life when everything seems possible to achieve and everything is either black or white. Such a place also bears witness to our earliest dreams and ambitions, our first associations as well … [Read more...] about Illegal rehabilitation will have frightening security implications
Surrender policy: Act in haste repent at leisure
Jaibans Singh Human beings have an abiding proclivity to forget adversity the moment the situation takes a turn for the better while overlooking lessons from the difficult times gone by. Something like this seems to be happening in the trouble torn state of Jammu and Kashmir. For many decades, living in the shadow of the gun and being face to face with death and destruction … [Read more...] about Surrender policy: Act in haste repent at leisure
British back benchers please voters at the cost of Kashmir
Brigadier (Retired) Manjit Singh The United Kingdom is at its imperial best once again, the mere whiff of brownie points that some of its Members of Parliament (MP’s) can earn from the Pakistanis in their constituency has propelled the entire British Parliament into a debate on alleged Human Rights violation in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. The motion was moved by a … [Read more...] about British back benchers please voters at the cost of Kashmir
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir dreads a revisit of the 1990 era
Jaibans Singh India’s sustained assertion that Pakistan has not relented from its diabolical pursuit of exporting terror into India through the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir has found further corroboration from an unexpected source. The residents of the scenic Neelum Valley in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) have, since the last few weeks, been registering a strong … [Read more...] about Pakistan Occupied Kashmir dreads a revisit of the 1990 era