According to annual Pew Research Center’s survey, “About six-in-ten Indians (62 per cent) believe that overwhelming military force is the best way to defeat terrorism around the world”. No causalities have been reported in the incident.
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“France most firmly condemns the bad terrorist attack perpetrated on 18 September against an Indian army camp in the region of Kashmir”.
The assault came just one day after a terrorist attack on the army brigade headquarters in the state which killed 18 servicemen.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Singh had chaired high-level meetings in the backdrop of the attack.
“Pakistan has had territorial ambitions over Kashmir since 1947 that has found concrete expression in the aggression it embarked on in 1947, 1965 and 1999”, Jha said delivering the Indian statement.
India and Pakistan have been locked in a dispute over Kashmir since they secured independence from Britain in 1947.
The suspicion about JeM militants having entered the LoC a day before arose from the fact that they had beards which were not a day old as fidayeen (suicide) squads are clean shaven generally, the source said.
“We are appalled by these attacks and stand with the Government of India in the fight against terrorism”, he added.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif brushed aside the Indian journalist who tried to question him about Uri attack.
Army spokesman Manish Kumar said a number of infiltrators had been killed, but he could not confirm how many.
Geeta (in yellow), wife of Ravi Paul, an Indian army soldier who was killed in Sunday’s attack at an Indian army base in Kashmir’s Uri, mourns at her house in Sarwa village in Samba district, south of Jammu, September 19, 2016. France also called for decisive action to be taken, in accordance with global law, against the terrorist groups targeting India, particularly the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.
Wani, now attending the ongoing 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, said that since India is under severe criticism by the worldwide community, for what its occupied forces are doing for the last 73 days in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi arrived here to review the situation following Sunday’s militant attack.
Another option that the Modi’s administration is seen as more likely to explore than its predecessors is targeted assassinations of leaders of militant groups based in Pakistan.
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Japanese Prime Minister agreed to initiate dialogue for a free trade agreement with Pakistan.
