NEW DELHI: The Indian Army is carrying out “targeted attacks” against the launch pads of suspected terrorists within Pakistan-occupied territory cashmere in response to the Pakistani military’s tireless efforts to push as many terrorists into India before the harsh winters start, security establishment sources said Thursday.
The “deep state” in Pakistan has tried to strike a delicate balance between escaping the scrutiny of the global counterterrorism watchdog FATF and supporting terrorism at the same time with the aim of fueling unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, they said.
In recent weeks, Pakistan’s military has aggressively targeted civilians on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) by resorting to indiscriminate firing with large-caliber artillery weapons to support terrorist infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir, they said. .
This year, 21 innocent civilians have already lost their lives in Pakistani shootings compared to 18 in all of 2019, according to official data.
Sources said that the Indian army is carrying out intelligence-based targeted attacks to neutralize mostly Pakistani and foreign terrorists, and collateral damage has been very negligible in these operations.
The new pattern that Islamabad is following in “inciting” riots and arming young people in Jammu and Kashmir has been to avoid any trace of its involvement in the face of increasing international pressure on it to take action against terrorist groups operating since his ground, he said.
“Pakistan has tried to target the peaceful villagers living alongside the Indian side of the LoC to send a message to the Kashmiris that disobeying Pakistani dictates and directives on terrorism will prove deadly,” said a military source.
Unleashing a large outbreak, Pakistan resorted to heavy bombardment in various areas along the LoC in northern Kashmir on Friday, killing five security personnel in addition to at least four civilians.
The Indian army mounted a major retaliation hitting several Pakistani positions with anti-tank guided missiles and artillery cannons in which at least eight Pakistani soldiers were killed and 12 others wounded.
“The Pakistani Army’s actions to exclusively target civilians are countered by the Indian Army’s targeted attacks on suspicious launch pads within Pakistani-occupied Kashmir,” the source said, adding that terrorist deaths in the area are shown as civilian deaths by Pakistan to generate sympathy and sympathy. aid from foreign donors.
The Pakistani military has also been resorting to firing at Indian army posts along the LoC with large-caliber weapons, the sources said.
This year, eight infiltration offers were thwarted and 14 terrorists have been neutralized throughout the LoC, according to official data.
The sources said that Pakistan has been heavily protecting the location of the terrorist training camps after the Balakot airstrikes in India last year. Indian warplanes bombed a Jaish-e-Muhammed terror training camp deep in Pakistan on February 26 last year in response to Pulwama terrorist attack in which 40 CRPF soldiers died.
India’s action reflected a doctrinal shift in the country’s approach to addressing cross-border terrorism.
Sources said Pakistan’s efforts to incite violence within the Kashmir Valley and disrupt the lives of ordinary citizens have proved “futile” as a growing number of young people have surrendered to join the mainstream.
“An increasing number of wayward youth who were lured into Pakistan’s false narratives and joined terrorist groups are surrendering to the security forces after concerted efforts were made to reach them through their parents, friends and family members, “according to a security official.
He said a renewed liberal policy of surrender and rehabilitation has encouraged terrorists to return to the mainstream.
To mislead the international community and reduce the Islamic identity signatures of the terrorists, the deep state has created new entities on social media, the sources added, adding that the effort is somehow to capture the imagination of young people and arm them. . These groups are apparently unknown to the people of Kashmir, they said.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic in the region, Pakistan has been resorting to unprovoked ceasefire violations throughout the LoC and making concerted efforts to push militants into Kashmir.
Pakistani hostilities escalated after India announced its decision to withdraw Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and divide the state into two union territories in August last year.
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