Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister was briefed by senior members of his Cabinet and Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag on the attack. If indeed, it is correct that the JeM has masterminded the Uri attack and since the government says so and we have no reason to disbelieve them, it begs another question: could Kandhar have been handled differently?
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also declared that the masterminds of the attack would be punished.
Evidence of Pakistan’s hand in Uri attack i.e. Global Positioning System tracker movements that go back to starting point in Pakistan, Pashto literature, Pakistan Army marked arms will be given to Islamabad at the DGMO level, sources add.
While political leaders and celebrities in India slammed Pakistan for the attack, Pakistan has denied any involvement in the Uri attack.
Singh said the statement was followed by the most “cowardly and deadliest” terror attack on the Indian Army in last two decades and unveiled the “nefarious designs of the belligerent neighbour to destabilise India”. It further added “brazen militant attack near the LoC had triggered a “verbal spat” between New Delhi and Islamabad escalating the tension between the two “bitter and nuclear-armed” neighbors”.
The Home Minister, who had yesterday called an emergency meeting in Delhi, had pointed a finger directly at Pakistan, saying it is a “terrorist state” and should be isolated while BJP leader Ram Madhav said days of strategic restraint are over and suggested that “for one tooth, the complete jaw” should be the policy after the attack.
Singh lambasted Pakistan for its “malicious and mischievous” designs in sponsoring militant attacks on defence installions in the state and abetting terror attacks across the country. It also quoted Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson saying, “Pakistan is always blamed for any untoward incident in India”.
“Pakistan is training, abetting and funding terrorists who want to cripple India’s economy”.
With Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif set to address the UN General Assembly this week, the Uri attack could catapult the Kashmir dispute to the forefront of global issues to be discussed in NY, the Dawn said.
The Pakistan Observer reported that “four heavily-armed suspected militants” killed 17 soldiers in an army base.
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Massive protests were held here today against the terrorist attack on an army base in North Kashmir’s Uri town in which 18 soldiers were killed with protestors burning Pakistani flags and its effigies.
