Indo-Pak End-Game In Afghanistan
Even the high toned Friday Times sometimes gets lost in the special Pakistani paranoia weeds. | [FridayTimes] Since the execution of Afzal Guru in February this year, Kashmire has frequently boiled over into violent festivities between citizens/hard boyz and Indian security forces. In March, 5 coppers were killed by bad turbans. In May, 4 soldiers were rubbed out. In June, 8 soldiers perished in an ambush. In return, Hindu mobs, egged on by paramilitary forces, have attacked worshippers at Eid prayers; and India's paramilitary forces have desecrated the Koran, provoked outrage and killed protestors. Unprecedented Shia-Sunni conflict has also erupted in Kashmire, leaving scores maimed.
Parallel with Kashmire unrest, India and Pakistain have also heated up the Line of Control. On January 6, Indian forces killed one Pak soldier. On January 8, Pak forces killed two Indian soldiers. On February 15, one Pak soldier was killed. In July, another Pak soldier was killed. On August 5, five Indian soldiers were killed. Since then, both sides have been relentlessly shelling each other.
Across the western border with Afghanistan, on August 3, a title='suicide bomber'>jacket wallah attacked the Indian Consulate in Jalalabad and killed innocent bystanders. Similar attacks on Indian "assets" in Kabul occurred in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and India has always accused Pak "assets" like the Haqqani Group of attacking them.
Posted by: trailing wife 2013-08-17 |