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Modi chairs meeting on Pathankot terror attack, NSA, Foreign Secretary present
They said that elements in Rawalpindi (read Pakistan Army) were reportedly upset at the “unprecedented” positive reaction of the worldwide community to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s out of the box master stroke visit to Lahore from Kabul, as also by the fillip given to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s global image because of the visit, besides encouragement for liberal echelons of Pakistan civil society.
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It is a known fact that Kashmir remains the flashpoint in Indo-Pakistani tensions for decades. “We are all in support of the government to repel this attack”.
The latest attack on the Pathankot Airforce base has underlined the failure of high profile photo opportunity of Christmas day that symbolized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to improve relations with antagonistic neighbour Pakistan.
The GPS data unearthed the sinister plan of Pakistan, but New Delhi didn’t allow the incident alone to scuttle talks.
On June 15, the ongoing Pakistan Army operation “Zarb-e-Azb” (Sharp Strike) completed its first year with the military claiming success in the operation with almost 3,000 militants killed while over 300 soldiers also lost their lives. The issue could not be resolved amicably because India still wants to retain alien Jammu Kashmir at any cost.
Some flexibility emerged as the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan issued a joint statement in July 2015 the Russian city of Ufa. But the truth is they are operating and infiltrating India from Pakistani soil.
A S Dulat, former chief of external spy agency R&AW, cautioned the government against any knee-jerk reaction, saying the terror export issue needs to be thrashed out between the National Security Advisers of both countries. Yet with a past steeped in Hindutva nationalism, Modi’s unusual outreach to Pakistan could only confuse the onlookers and diplomats alike. A senior government official said during a high-level meeting at South Block that though India will not take any impulsive decision, it has chose to confront Pakistani authorities with evidence from Pathankot.
“In the meantime, the right American response is one of quiet support”.
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Or, say, if Pakistan seeks to rebuild relations because India decides to hand over Sri Nagar to Pakistani possession, which would make some sense.