The Indian Army by killing the terrorists and foiling their cross over bid have sent signals of coming days to the neighboring terrorist nation, he added. “It is alarming, and according to New Delhi, the attack on military unit near the town of Uri was committed from the territory of Pakistan”.
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The Chief of Army staff and heads of NIA and intelligence briefed Mr Singh on the latest ground situation in the valley and along the Line of Control (LoC).
Though there has been no official confirmation on the number of militants being killed, reports put the number at atleast ten. “Earlier on Monday, in its statement under the Agenda Item 4 during the the UN Human Rights Council, India said that a policy of zero tolerance to terrorism was an worldwide obligation”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Home Minister Rajnath Singh at a High Level Meeting in the wake of Uri terror attack. The gunmen were killed in a shootout with Indian troops.
“PM urged the United States to play a role in the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute and highlighted human rights abuses in occupied Kashmir”, she said.
“There has been a ceasefire violation in Uri sector – small arms”, a Defence spokesman said in Srinagar.
There was also no offer of cooperation to investigate the Uri attack, as was done by Pakistan in the aftermath of the terror strike on Pathankot airbase in January. Aziz rejected India’s stand on Pakistan’s involvement in the attack as “baseless and irresponsible”.
OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani yesterday expressed concern over the situation in Kashmir and called for an immediate cessation of atrocities by India, urging the Indian government for peaceful settlement of the dispute “in accordance with wishes of Kashmiri people and the UNSC resolutions”.
The presence of the foreign secretary at the meeting is significant as government plans to launch a diplomatic offensive against Pakistan.
A swift, surgical strike on terror camps in Pakistan- occupied Kashmir (PoK) was among the options that figured in the speculation but experts also cautioned against consequences and the damages that an escalation could pose if it goes out of hand. Pakistan has rejected India’s claims as “unfounded and premature”.
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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has raised the Kashmir issue with nearly every world leader he has held talks with on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, but his efforts to internationalise the dispute with India appeared to have gained no traction. She is likely to hit at Pakistan for allowing Dawood Ibrahim to operate from it’s soil and giving JeM and Hafiz Sayeed a free hand.
