| Submit your comments on this article |
| India-Pakistan |
| Heavy firing at India-Pakistan border in J&K, Army on alert |
| 2010-01-26 |
| The Indian Army was put on alert following heavy exchange of fire at the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir early on Tuesday following a major infiltration bid, defence sources said on Tuesday as the country celebrated its 61st Republic Day. The firing, at the Kanachak sector near Akhnoor, 30 km northwest from Jammu, started at 2 am and went on four hours. Officials said Pakistani Rangers provided covering fire to a group of infiltrators. The BSF men retaliated and the guns fell silent around 6 am. The Indian Army has been put on alert along the border, where the first line of defence is provided by the BSF. Army sources said troops were put on alert after the fire started from Pakistani side. They described the firing as heavy and said it was a clear attempt by Pakistan to push terrorists into India on Republic Day. The exchange of fire was heavy for about two hours initially. "Thereafter, it was intermittent firing that lasted till 6 am," Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda told reporters. It was the 15th ceasefire violation incident and infiltration attempt from across the border this month. "Pakistan is desperate to push terrorists to the Indian side," a senior army official said, adding that they wanted to strike on India's national day and were unhappy with the peace in Jammu and Kashmir. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #5 I work with a lot of Indians (I'm in the software industry). I was talking with some of them yesterday and they predicted this. They said Pakistan would pull something like this today because this is their "Republic Day" - the day they adopted their constitution 60yrs ago. They said Pakistan does this every year. So basically it just Pakistan giving the finger and India saying "back at ya" |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2010-01-26 20:58 |
| #4 WAFF > [BBC]WHY PAKISTAN [Army] WILL NOT MAKE NEW ATTACKS AGZ MILITANTS? To wit, * US Drone-UAV strikes has seemingly turned ambivalent PAK Locals = Tribals agz PAK Govt-Army. * US seen as covertly desiring to EXPAND INDIA'S ROLE IN AFPAK [historically part of OLD INJUH includ BRITISH EMPIRE]. * PAK Govt-politicos in ISLAMABAD seen as GIVING IN TO US DEMANDS EVERYTIME, EVERYWHERE. IOW, IIUC "ALL US-INDIA, ALL THE TIME"??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-01-26 20:21 |
| #3 Why doesn't India just clobber them? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-01-26 20:05 |
| #2 It would certainly help the infiltrating terrorists if the UAVs could launch a few hellfire missiles at the Indian border security personnel |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-01-26 17:57 |
| #1 Is this part of the Pak plan to get us to give them UAVs? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-01-26 17:54 |