Relations between India-Pakistan have soured in the last few months, starting with Pakistan’s alleged involvement in the Pathankot terror attack in January this year. Every terror attack is an act of war against India. India till date has been acting in a way too far and so called “matured and diplomatic” way, at the cost of its brave soldiers’ and their families’ lives and future, but with little fruition. Restraint is not a virtue that can be practised without regard to the context and circumstances. India should take these attacks seriously and should possess eternal mechanism to handle Kashmir issues. It needs to have a strong anti-terrorism policy. It is an imperative to understand the terrorists’ operational environment and know their modus operandi and targeting patterns. There must be concerted efforts to gather intelligence from places where terrorists conceal themselves and seek to establish and hide their infrastructure. We need a comprehensive national policy to deal with domestic militancy as well as cross-border terrorism. There should be zero tolerance policy in action now.
Vinod C. Dixit
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