TERRORISM IN J & K

ANALYSIS & REVIEW

A THEORITICAL APPROACH

SARASIJ MAJUMDER

Terrorism, by definition , are of  three  types:-- 1.0 Internal, and local—the example is Maoists in Jharkhand.  2.0  Exported terrorism—in this case, Terrorists infiltrate from outside the country, and cause disruptions. The example was Mumbai terror attack, 9/11,  where Kasab was arrested.  Generally, these are SUICIDAL MISSIONS. 3.0 Terrorism in Kashmir--- which is a combination of 1.0 + 2.0—as explained before.

We will discuss here the third case—i.e. Terrorism in Kashmir valley in details.

There are mainly seven (7) fronts of  Terrorism  in Kashmir.  These fronts are--1.0 Building  narratives,     2.0 Organizing local support, shelters , logistics, and information; 3.0  Fund,   4.0 Manpower,    5.0 Training,  6.0 supply of Arms and other things  and 7.0 on  ground  operations.

Now you see one, or more COUNTRIES need to be involved to run a prolonged Terror campaign against India, in Kashmir. In our case- it was started with Pakistan, and now Pakistan is supported by China. Funds of IMF, USA , granted to Pakistan , and arms supplied by USA as an aid to Pakistan --- are also used.

Present GOI possibly thinks, and accordingly responds as follows:- 1.0—Local Development; 2.0 Armed forces  to fight against Ground operation carried out by Terrorists,  and 3.0  Creating Diplomatic pressure against Pakistan. They think these will solve the problem.

Congress Government responded mainly by option 2.0 listed above; and occasionally and very feebly--  tried the option 3.0.

You see—IT NEVER WORKED WELL, AND  WE FAILED TO ELIMINATE TERRORISM IN KASHMIR. Recently it aggravated, and spread  in Jammu. Pakistan  and China are also  supporting other Terrorist groups also,  operating in India.

I will come to the best achievable  solution part later. First let us discuss the seven (7) fronts one by one, below.

1.0 For handling the narrative ISPR (Inter State Public Relation) is there, in charge is Major Asif Gafur. The ISPR has three Tiers in their operations.

Tier 1: The ISPR recruits experts and writers from not only Pakistan, but also from different parts of the world, feed them money and make them fabricate  data and write opinions in favour of Pakistan, which is published in several leading newspapers and journals, showing Pakistan as a victim itself, black painting India, singing that Muslims are oppressed in INDIA, Kashmir is under military rule ..etc.. Zakir Nayak worked in this space, now living under HOUSE ARREST in Malayasia.

Tier 2: In this level,  ISPR hires engineers from Pakistani colleges and train them in hashtag war. All major events are misused by this army to spread fake news and hatred on all social media. Not only this, custom events and social media trends can also be created by this bot army. Fake profiles, blackmailing, honeytrap, selling illegal item, name any and  it is handled by this cell. Look at Burhan Wani, he was also called the Facebook militant, the reason is he was planted by Hizbul Mujahideen for the specific purpose of radicalising people through social media, which he did. Lot of students got radicalized through social media. It was too late before Indian authorities got awakened.

Tier 3: In this level-- the ISPR sends its artists and peace wanting activists to India, especially in places like JNU, to create sympathy, showing Pakistan wants justice in Kashmir, etc. They influence a large number of Indian NGOs and intellectuals who become followers of such propaganda. They  come as illegal immigrants, or as spies,  and settle here, work, may even get arrested—or evaporate through Nepal. Arundhati, Medha, Sara, Sheetal, Rajdeep… all locals are part of this TIER. They are under constant focus of our Government—one mistake, and they will ROT  in Jail.

2.0 Now I will discuss the second point—i.e. ORGANIZING LOCAL SUPPORT, SHELTER, LOGISTICS, AND INFORMATIOJN:

Most of the Muslims in K, and a very large part of J—are anti INDIA, and they are programmed like that since childhood, in MADRASAS. Hence—terrorists get a ready platform. The contacts are nursed.

3.0 FUND: China provide it, Pakistan Army, and ISI allocate an amount for this, and they do DRUG TRAFFICKING to generate balance fund. Young people of Punjab purchased drugs providing fund for local operations at the cost of their wellbeing. Same is KUKIS in Manipur, where China is involved through Myanmar.  Drugs are produced in INDIA, sold to INDIANS, Fund generated and used locally to finance TERRORISM against India- WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SYSTEM IS DEVELOPED!!!

4.0 & 5.0  Manpower & TRAINING:- The youths of POK, Muslims of J &K , and also from other parts of India  are brainwashed in MADRASAS—and sent to POK, where Training Centers are operating. A very high level Military training is imparted by armed forces of  Pakistan.   India destroyed some centers once.

6.0 Arms and other accompaniment:-These  are supplied by Pakistan Army, and China fills the rest through PAKISTAN. Increasingly—very sophisticated weaponry are used now a days.

7.0 LAST COMES, GROUND LEVEL OPERATIONS: For this, at present  there are two main handlers, Lashkar- e- Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen.

Lashkar e Taiba: These fighters were present in Afghanistan and trained by Taliban, for the purpose of fighting against Soviet Union. When Russia LEFT, they were planted in Kashmir by ISI.

Hizbul Mujahideen: These fighters are hired from Kashmir region (both PoK and J&K), trained by the ISI and Pakistani Army in Quetta.

8.0 Analysis:

We must think, and agree—as long as Pakistan exists, this terrorism will continue. Pakistan will remain on geographical Map, as long as USA, China and EU are there. China is heavily invested with Pakistan.  If Pakistan goes KAPUT, a large amount of Chinese money will sink.

The Truth: Indian Army is not in a position to defeat militants. Things weren't any different if you go back into the past and things will most likely be no different in the future as well.

Indian Army has a superior weaponry and resources as compared to Militants. They have soldiers who are trained for years to perform in battles .

BUT all of these advantages  are severely hampered in the conflict zone with unidentified enemies.

It's one thing to face your enemies in a battle field and quite another to face your enemy in a conflict zone.

In case of usual wars, you know when and where  the battle is going, you know who your enemies are and you know their strengths as well. In case of a guerrilla war, you don’t know when the battle starts, you don’t know your enemies and you can only assume their strength.

The goal of Indian Army is to quell insurgency and end militancy whereas the goal of militants is to keep the conflict alive. It shouldn't therefore take a genius to figure out that Indian Army is playing a finite game and the militants are playing an Infinite game and as you will expect from a game theoretical model 

Hence—INDIA can’t eliminate TERRORISM in J &K. USA failed in Korea, and Afghanistan; Russia  failed in Afghanistan. History proved it again and again.

WAY OUT:-- WE CAN CERTAINLY CONTROL IT—BUT WE HAVE TO FIGHT AT ALL 7 FRONTS AS LISTED ABOVE,  AND MAY BE I FORGOT SOME. THE MILITANCY  WILL SOMETIMES  BE LESS, BUT WE NEVER REDUCE OUR GUARD.

JAY HIND!!

© SARASIJ MAJUMDER

NOTE: Analysis and Conclusion : BLOGGER.

REFERENCES:-

1.0 GAME THEOREY: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8838118/

Game Theory in Defence Applications: A Review Edwin Ho,1 Arvind Rajagopalan,2 Alex Skvortsov,3 Sanjeev Arulampalam,3 and Mahendra Piraveenan1,*

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2.0 https://www.jstor.org/stable/48527548-- PAKISTAN: TERROISM GROUND ZERO.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/48527548

3.0 India’s wars by Arjun Subramaniyam

4.0 ISIS by Jessica & Berger Stern.

5.0.- All other data are available in public domain.  No readymade source is found.

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