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In his five-hour meeting to review the strategies and operational tactics of the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval praised the security forces for the successful removal of the Hizbul chief Mujahideen from Kashmir, Riyaz Naikoo, during the week. In that eulogy, Doval also slipped in a message: the importance of developing actionable human intelligence and operational synergy between the forces leading anti-terror operations.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police Special Operations Group had been working on people in the Kupwara district who had had access to Riyaz Naikoo. As J&K Police Chief Dilbag Singh later told this newspaper, one of them was a man who had played a role in the construction of the secret bunker in his hometown of Pulwama in southern Kashmir. Intelligence was identified. Security forces did not give up when they were unable to locate him in the first round and continued the search.
The removal of Riyaz Naikoo, a serious setback for the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist group in southern Kashmir, is considered one of the most successful security operations in recent months in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a video of the Naikoo chief mourning his death, the founder of Hizbul who also leads Pakistan’s ISI-backed alliance of terrorist groups, the United Jihad Council, Syed Salahuddin said that the mujahideen (terrorists) had broken the enemy’s back ( India) in Handwara Rajwar recently “but the enemy (India) has the advantage.”
- Pakistan’s deep state controls Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Kashmir policy
- Islamabad has prepared its horror factories for great action in India this summer
- Imran Khan’s comment accusing India of seeking a “false flag” lays the groundwork
- Pak PM’s statement is a preemptive denial, it implies he will not take the reins of terror
- Terrorists’ attempts to infiltrate from Pakistan will increase in the coming weeks
- New terror teams like TRF to claim responsibility for the attacks to give Pak an alibi
- Ajit Doval told security forces to aim higher, detect all terrorists infiltrating from Pak
- Analyze infiltration pathways to detect gaps in the counter-infiltration grid throughout the LoC
- Focusing on human intelligence led to a spectacular operation that eliminated Riyaz Naikoo
- Intensive offensive against foreign terrorists in the Kashmir Valley
- Security forces should enhance synergy for localized action; show mutual respect
The Ajit Doval meeting of the main army commanders and heads of all the intelligence and paramilitary forces deployed in Jammu and Kashmir was convened to sharpen this advantage.
Pak’s deep state is charging
Pakistan is clearly determined to put pressure on India. This is the first summer after India removed the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August last year and Islamabad has been preparing since then.
He had launched the Resistance Front late last year, a name stripped of religious etiquette designed to send a message to the world that they are raised in India. Lashkar-e-Taiba, the terrorist group known for the brutal murders in Kashmir, had been tasked with controlling this newly coined terrorist group and allowing them to take credit for all terrorist actions to avoid international pressure.
The Doval meeting felt that it was clear that the deep state was clearly in charge of Pakistan’s Kashmir policy. And Imran Khan, as India had anticipated from the beginning, was letting the army run the show.
Imran Khan’s recent tweet about Kashmir that attributed the violence in Kashmir to an “indigenous resistance movement” and accused India of finding a pretext for launching a “false flag operation” also found a reference at the meeting.
This observation has been interpreted in New Delhi as an implication that the TRF model of financing terrorism and denying a role in terrorism in Kashmir was the template. As long as it works.
What it means for Kashmir
A senior government official who was present at the Doval marathon meeting (let the officers speak most of the time) told the Hindustan Times that Pakistan’s determination to stab terror this year coincided with its simultaneous effort to try to internationalize events in Kashmir. The decision to put the Pakistan Air Force on alert this week pointed in this direction.
For the security forces in Kashmir, this implied that they would have to expand the counter-infiltration network along the Line of Control and the counter-insurgency network in the Kashmir valley. Doval told security forces deployed along the control line to ensure that Pakistan terrorists do not escape them, day or night. Last month, about 25-30 of them did.
There will be more attempts this month.
Intelligence agencies have had to update their estimate of some 230 terrorists on terror launch platforms in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in just over three weeks when their number skyrocketed to 450.
The largest contingent is aligned with Lashkar-e-Taiba (244) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (129). The Hizbul Mujahideen, which has a depleted force in southern Kashmir, was around 60.
The army and the Border Security Force shared their plans on how they intended to minimize the possibility of terrorists entering, plans that authorities say required some adjustments.
And a tip
The NSA Ajit Doval stressed that the plan put on the table at the meeting would require absolute synergy between the different security forces. There can be no mismatch, he told them. The advice was given in the context of reports he had received about the lack of coordination between ground commanders of different forces.
Part of this lack of mutual respect is reflected in the controversy surrounding “unpleasant” comments made by Jammu and Kashmir (Kashmir) Police Inspector General Vijay Kumar about the Central Reserve Police.
Kumar, according to a leaked report submitted by a CRPF officer to his superiors, said at a meeting that the CRPF was not contributing enough to the counter-terrorism effort, but only claimed credit when it was J&K’s army and police that more they did the work.
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