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I covered the Keran sector on the LOC during intense shelling in July 1998 for the Indian Express. It is a very rugged terrain. The ongoing episode is not an infiltration but an incursion as the pakis have occupied the narrow strip between the LOC and the fence. This is the most vulnerable area, the same kind of strip that is controlled by patrolling, and where India lost soldiers to pak raiding teams in Poonch earlier. This incursion was precisely aimed at scuttling the PM_Sharif talks, and the Indian army kept the lid on for fear of a domestic uproar that would prevent the talks on sept 29. kargil was similarly a reaction to the vajpayee-sharif dialogue. So, lets not fall into the mode of no talks at all. lets hit the pakis hard and below the belt, and then play innocent and talk at the top.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 04:31:20 +0000

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