India-Pakistan border heating up (dead soldiers on both sides)

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Pakistan troops cross LoC, kill 2 army jawans brutally - Hindustan Times

According to the sources, the Border Action Team (BAT) of Pakistani Army entered the Indian territory at Krishna Ghati area of Poonch district and carried out the strikes.

Army's Udhampur-based Northern Command came out with a statement terming the attack as a "significant escalation" to the continuing series of ceasefire violations and infiltration attempts supported by Pakistan Army.

"A group of their regular soldiers intruded across the Line of Control in the Mendhar Sector on January 8. Pakistan army troops, having taken advantage of thick fog and mist in the forested area, were moving towards our posts when an alert area domination patrol spotted and engaged the intruders," it said.

"The fire fight between Pakistan and our troops continued for approximately half an hour after which the intruders retreated towards their side of LoC. Two soldiers Lance Naik Hemraj and Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh laid down their lives while fighting the Pakistani troops," it said without giving any further details.

This is yet another "grave provocation" by Pakistan Army which is being taken up sternly through official channels, the statement said.

The external affairs ministry is in touch with the defence ministry over the incident.

There has been escalation in ceasefire violations by Pakistan army, which has been attempting to push militants across the LoC into Indian side by taking advantage of inclement weather.

In last about one month, Pakistan army has violated the ceasefire agreement nearly a dozen times. Most of these firing incidents were in Rajouri, Uri and Keran sector to help infiltration attempts, army officials said.

The attack comes a day after Pakistan lodged a strong protest over what it described as an "unprovoked Indian attack" on one of its military posts along the Line of Control, a claim which the Indian Army rejected.

Indian deputy high commissioner Gopal Bagley was called to the foreign office in Islamabad on Monday and handed over a protest note over the incident in the Haji Pir sector.

The incident had resulted in the death of a Pakistani soldier and injuries to another, the Pakistani side claimed.

However, Army Headquarters in New Delhi said "no such incident has taken place where our soldiers have attacked any Pakistani post."

The incident took place between Indian posts of Chatri and Atma posts in Krishna Ghati sector at 11.30am.

The weapons and other material carried by the dead and injured jawans were taken away by the Pakistani troops, the sources said.

This was a chilling reminder of the brutal attack on Capt Saurabh Kalia and his team by Pakistani troops in Kaksar sector of Kargil during the 1999 conflict.

In October last year, three civilians were killed in Uri sector due to Pakistani mortar firing on a village of Churunda in North Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed 71 incidents of cross-border firing and ceasefire violations along Indo-Pak border in which 7 persons including 4 security personnel were killed and 15 others were injured last year.

 

[zerozero]

the pakistani military is fukking stupid what is their plan for their country? you got drones on the northwest you want beef on the southeast...

 

[Techniec]

the pakistani military is fukking stupid what is their plan for their country? you got drones on the northwest you want beef on the southeast...

umm distracts the country from the shiit load of problems they already have?

paints the army as the nations defenders in light of their impotence over the drones?

these skirmishes happen all the time, there wont be a war

 

[zerozero]

umm distracts the country from the shiit load of problems they already have?

paints the army as the nations defenders in light of their impotence over the drones?

these skirmishes happen all the time, there wont be a war

yeah I guess it's meant to distract from or offset something about the NWFP or other domestic issues rather than add to it.

 

[alybaba]

Keep in mind that elections are around the corner and the Army has trotted out this Qadri character pushing to delay the election after "reforms".

 

[88m3]

Maybe Pakistan took the TTP up on their offer?

 

[Techniec]

yeah I guess it's meant to distract from or offset something about the NWFP or other domestic issues rather than add to it.

still cant decide whats a more stupider name...NWFP or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Keep in mind that elections are around the corner and the Army has trotted out this Qadri character pushing to delay the election after "reforms".

ya who the fukk is this tahir ul qadri...dudes got 100,000 on the streets of lahore....berelvi mufti of some sort?

i guess the establishments push with Imran Khan wasnt so successful they had to trot this dude out

 

[88m3]

Top Pakistani Taliban Leader Vows to Islamise India through Kashmir
By VASUDEVAN SRIDHARAN: Subscribe to Vasudevan's RSS feed
January 8, 2013 7:23 AM GMT

A file photo of Indian policemen carrying an injured colleague after he fell from a vehicle while detaining activists of the Jammu Kashmir Freedom League, a separatist party, during a protest to mark International Human Rights Day, in Srinagar - Reuters
A top Pakistani Taliban leader wanted by the US for the murder of seven CIA officials has vowed to Islamise India once the militant group is done with Kashmir.

Wali Ur Rahman declared that he would "implement the Sharia system" which the group has been "struggling" to introduce in Pakistan.

In a Taliban propaganda video, Rahman spoke of "the practical struggle for a Sharia system that we are carrying out in Pakistan, the same way we will continue it in Kashmir, and the same way we will implement the Sharia system in India too. And this is the only solution for people's problems."

The militant leader added that the jihad launched by Pakistani militants has so far failed in Kashmir - but the Taliban will continue the fight of their ancestors.

"Allah willing, the mujahedeen of Tehrik-e-Taliban will arrive in Kashmir and as per the Islamic Sharia will help the Kashmiris get their rights. As our ancestors sacrificed their lives for Kashmir and had got Kashmir liberated by force [in 1947-48], the same way their progenies [Taliban militants], walking in the footsteps of their forefathers, will get Kashmir liberated [from India], and will help them get their rights."

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In the rare video, entitled The False Propaganda of the Dajjali Media Revealed, Pakistani Taliban chief Hamikullah Mehsud and spokesperson Ehsanullah Ihsan are also believed to appear.

The video was released by the media arm of the Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-e-Taliban), Umar Media, and a transcript has been provided by the US-based Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).

Speaking to the Indian news agency PTI, MEMRI analyst Tufail Ahmad said Rehman's remarks cannot simply be dismissed as mere propaganda - particularly as the US State Department has offered a cash reward of $5m (£3.1m) for any information as to his whereabouts.

Kashmir has been at the core of a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan for several decades and the two countries have fought three wars over the state.

The Pakistani Taliban, which includes local Islamic militant groups, has been predominantly active in the Pakistan-Afghan border region. However Rahman said that the efforts by its Pakistani elements will go in vain unless Islamabad takes control of Kashmir.

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