She blamed Pakistan for a rebel attack Sunday that killed 18 Indian soldiers in Kashmir, the deadliest attack on a military base there for years.
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The Pakistan Prime Minister also raked up the Kashmir issue in a major way and called for an global probe into alleged rights violations in the Kashmir Valley. “Nothing can deter us from supporting our Kashmiri brethren since it is Pakistan’s fundamental responsibility. India should and definitely will use them this time”, said Ajit Dubey, a defense correspondent at The Week magazine.
“It’s a tactical decision”, the officer said. Some members of the team will return to Delhi tomorrow while others will stay back at Uri to carry out further investigation including questioning of people who might be familiar with the movement of the militants prior to the attack.
Meanwhile, some residents of border villages in the Pakistan-controlled portion of Kashmir said they were frightened after the Indian army hoisted red flags along the Line of Control, a sign of danger and increased tension.
Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria denied that any shot had been fired by Pakistan on Tuesday, while a Pakistani colonel said there had been no firing along the border.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ram Madhav on Thursday hit back at Pakistan for the “glorification” of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani at the UN General Assembly.
In his statement, Senator Tom Cotton (Republican), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland, described the attack as “a cowardly act, one that deserves the strongest condemnation”. While New Delhi, after blaming Pakistan for the attack, said it will keep all its options open for response, Islamabad alleged that India is trying to divert world attention from the “grim tragedy” that has been unfolding in Kashmir Valley over the past over 10 weeks.
“It was a major infiltration bid”, an Army source said.
Only last week, the worldwide community honoured the memory of thousands of innocent victims from around the world, who lost their lives not far from here in NY fifteen years ago in a most horrifying terror attack.
According to a report in the Indian Express, the OIC is the most critical worldwide grouping which has been vocal on the Kashmir situation in the past and has been toeing Pakistan’s line on human rights violations over the last two months.
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“Forget about sending in troops or raining down missiles, but don’t rule out certain types of furtive activities, including occasional covert operations that target specific terrorist leaders or facilities”.
