India’s surgical strike on terror camps!
Q. Indian Army conducted surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the LoC on 29th Sept. What other responses has India made to Pakistani terror threat?- Published on 30 Sep 16a. Withdrawing from the SAARC summit
b. Withdrawing MFN status to Pakistan
c. Both of the above
d. Neither of the above
ANSWER: Both of the above
Indian Army conducted surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the Line of Control. DGMO Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh said the motive of the operation was to hit out at terrorists planning to infiltrate into the Indian territory.
- Lt Gen Singh informed that considerable casualties were caused by terrorists during the operation
- There have been many infiltration bids by terrorists at LoC reflected by terror attacks at Uri and Poonch on 11th and 18th Sept
- DGMO spoke of how nothing was done despite Pakistan being told not to use its territory for terror activities
- Pakistan gave the commitment to India that in 2004, it will not allow its soil to be a ground for terror activities
- Close to 20 infiltration attempts have been successfully foiled by the Indian Army in 2016
- India offered consular access to apprehend terrorists from Pakistan and fingerprints and DNA samples of terrorists killed in Uri and Poonch can also be made available to the neighbouring country
- Lieutenant General Singh shared India’s concerns and told the Pakistani counterpart about the surgical strikes
- Pakistan has responded to the government statement that “no such strike” was carried out and only “unprovoked firing” was carried out in certain districts “Bhimber, Hotspring, Kel and Lipa sectors which started at 0230 and continued till 0800,” the Pakistani military spokesperson claimed
- Pulling out of the SAARC summit in Islamabad, Indian government will now go ahead with SAARC minus Pakistan
- Indian pulled out with Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan also lending support by doing so
- Pointing to motor vehicle movement agreements, railway linkages and the SAARC satellite program for which SAARC countries apart from Pakistan had signed up, India said it will work with those who share its vision
- Afghanistan cannot be accessed by land so the two governments have discussed separate air corridor for cargo
- India will be holding the BIMSTEC outreach summit on the sidelines of the BRICS Goa Summit which is an initiative for Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal
- Another grouping of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives met for the South Asia Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation programme in Delhi to release the first SASEC Operational Plan 2016-2025
- SASEC’s lead financier, Asian Development Bank has approved 40 infrastructure and IT projects worth USD 7.7 billion
- India has been busy with the SAARC minus Pak Programme with Nepal PM Prachanda and Afghani president Ashraf Ghani having visited India in Sept
- Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to be in Delhi during the first week of October
- Push for South Asian isolation of Pakistan is driven by the fact that it has received nothing but terrorists and aggression from the Islamic nation
- Pakistan continues to receive support from non-SAARC nations like China, Russia, and Iran
- The US which has joined countries to condemn the terror attack in Uri also issued statements to resume dialogue (with remote outcomes of the same seeming more likely)
