Terrorist Role of Pakistan
Kashmir is unique
among all the crisis points along the Indo-Pakistani border in that a marked
escalation of the fighting -- both insurgency and regular -- is virtually
inevitable before any effort for a peaceful solution can succeed. The primary
reasons is the extent of the ideological commitment and self- interests
of several of the key players involved.
For Islamabad, the liberation of Kashmir is a
sacred mission, the only task unfulfilled since Muhammad Ali Jinnah's days.
Moreover, a crisis in Kashmir constitutes an excellent outlet for the frustration
at home, an instrument for the mobilization of the masses, as well as gaining
the support of the Islamist parties and primarily their loyalists in the
military and the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).
The ISI has a major interest to continue the crisis.
Back in the 1970s, Pakistan started to train Sikhs and other Indian separatist
movements as part of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's strategy for forward strategic
depth. Pakistan adopted the sponsorship of terrorism and subversion
as an instrument to substitute for the lack of strategic depth and early
warning capabilities. The Pakistani sponsored terrorists and the Pakistani
intelligence operatives in their ranks would be able to warn Pakistan of
any impending Indian invasion, and then launch a guerrilla warfare against
the Indian Army even before it reached the border with Pakistan. Therefore,
sponsoring separatist subversion has become a crucial component of Islamabad's
national military strategy.
The following articles will provide you with an
in-depth analysis of Pakistan's involvement in instigating and supporting
terrorism in Kashmir by establishing various training centers for providing
arms training to many Kashmiri Muslim youths who are lured out of their
homes in Kashmir to cross over the border - all in the name of religion
for fighting a Jehad (holy war) against Infidel India.
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