Such ammunition, experts believe, points to the backing the terrorists received from the Pakistan Army.
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The day began with an extraordinary security review by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and NSA Ajit Doval, who then met with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who had been briefed by the DG Military Operations (DGMO) and Army chief Dalbir Singh Suhag.
“The US and the United Kingdom have seen so much double-dealing by Pakistan in Afghanistan that they are now far more sympathetic to the Indian position”, MacDonald says.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today registered a case to probe the terror attack at the Army installation in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir in which 18 soldiers were killed and dozens others injured after four Pakistani militants stormed the base.
Quoting unnamed sources, the Times of India on Monday reported there will be no “knee-jerk” reaction “anytime soon”.
Key BJP ally Shiv Sena while needling Modi on the Uri attack said if he does not have the “courage to strike Pakistan” like the USA did to eliminate Osama Bin Laden, there is no use of building an worldwide image. So for India’s security, the government will take the needed steps.
“Having seen the army closely, I feel, it needs to be analysed as to what happened there …”
The fighters first attacked a frontline base close to the border known as the Line of Control before moving on to the headquarters, army spokesman Colonel SD Goswami said. He is scheduled to address the session on Wednesday where he would specifically focus on the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The action has to be taken without getting influenced by emotions, anger. “It has to be taken coolly and with proper planning”.
“The fact that Pakistan has failed eight years later to prosecute the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks belies its claims of not supporting cross-border terrorism”, she said.
He described the Indian allegations as not only “baseless” but “irresponsible”.
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He said Pakistan believed in Afghan-led and Afghan- owned peace process and was ready to play a positive role in the reconciliation process mentioning that Pakistan had deployed 202,000 troops along the western border which showed its honest efforts against the terror networks. This news story is related to Print/151187-President-seeks-international-support-for-ending-Indian-atrocities-in-IHK/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne.
