12-04-2006, 08:54 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Increase in infiltration belies Pak promises </b>
Pioneer.com
Navin Upadhyay | New Delhi
Diplomatic efforts and international pressure have not changed the ground situation on the Indo-Pak border. Despite Pakistan's commitment not to allow use of its soil for terror export to India, infiltration into Kashmir has increased in the current year.
A Home Ministry status paper on internal security situation as on October 2006 revealed that the terrorist infrastructure still flourished in POK and "increased infiltration continued in the current year".
The report specifically named Pakistan and the Inter Services Intelligence(ISI) in plotting and facilitating terror activities in India .
The report is a major setback for the 'doves', who have been advocating reduction of troops in Jammu and Kashmir and opening up more border points for people-to-people contact between the two countries.
Painting a grim picture of threats perception from the neighbour, the report says, "LeT (Lashkar-e-Tayyeba) and JeM (Jaish-e-Mohammad) use territory and elements in Bangladesh and Nepal for movement of terrorist and finances."
The militant groups were also engaged in recruitment of Indian youth for training in PoK and their re-launch into India for sabotage and subversive activities."
Making a mockery of Pakistan's claim of containing export of terror to India, the report said that, "terrorist infrastructure in POK are yet to be dismantled and are being used by Pakistan-based and ISI-sponsored outfits like JeM, LeT, al-Badr, Hizbul Mujaheedin, etc."
The report claimed that these militant groups maintain continuous flow of finance to sustain terrorist networks and help them to recruit and train local modules to carry out attack on vital installations and economic infrastructure.
Underlining the strategy of the militants groups, the report said that they planned to "attack soft targets like market places, public transport system, places of worship and congregation etc."
Provoking communal clashes is also top on part of these militant groups, the report said.
"These outfits are well organised, interlinked and have the latest hardware and communication equipment," the report said.
Incidentally, the trail into recent terror attacks including the July Mumbai blasts, Varanasi serial blasts in March and the attack on the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore last December indicated increased use of Bangladeshi territory by ISI-backed terrorist groups and the growing terror net- working of Bangladeshi fundamentalist groups with LeT and JeM.
Alarmed over the situation, the Government has taken steps to sensitised the States and share with them specific intelligence inputs provided by the Central agencies about the plans and designs of terrorist outfits.
The Centre has also directed the states to set up well-equipped and specially trained special police units to deal with acts of terror.
Terrorist modules have been busted in different states by state security and intelligence agencies in association with the Central agencies.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pioneer.com
Navin Upadhyay | New Delhi
Diplomatic efforts and international pressure have not changed the ground situation on the Indo-Pak border. Despite Pakistan's commitment not to allow use of its soil for terror export to India, infiltration into Kashmir has increased in the current year.
A Home Ministry status paper on internal security situation as on October 2006 revealed that the terrorist infrastructure still flourished in POK and "increased infiltration continued in the current year".
The report specifically named Pakistan and the Inter Services Intelligence(ISI) in plotting and facilitating terror activities in India .
The report is a major setback for the 'doves', who have been advocating reduction of troops in Jammu and Kashmir and opening up more border points for people-to-people contact between the two countries.
Painting a grim picture of threats perception from the neighbour, the report says, "LeT (Lashkar-e-Tayyeba) and JeM (Jaish-e-Mohammad) use territory and elements in Bangladesh and Nepal for movement of terrorist and finances."
The militant groups were also engaged in recruitment of Indian youth for training in PoK and their re-launch into India for sabotage and subversive activities."
Making a mockery of Pakistan's claim of containing export of terror to India, the report said that, "terrorist infrastructure in POK are yet to be dismantled and are being used by Pakistan-based and ISI-sponsored outfits like JeM, LeT, al-Badr, Hizbul Mujaheedin, etc."
The report claimed that these militant groups maintain continuous flow of finance to sustain terrorist networks and help them to recruit and train local modules to carry out attack on vital installations and economic infrastructure.
Underlining the strategy of the militants groups, the report said that they planned to "attack soft targets like market places, public transport system, places of worship and congregation etc."
Provoking communal clashes is also top on part of these militant groups, the report said.
"These outfits are well organised, interlinked and have the latest hardware and communication equipment," the report said.
Incidentally, the trail into recent terror attacks including the July Mumbai blasts, Varanasi serial blasts in March and the attack on the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore last December indicated increased use of Bangladeshi territory by ISI-backed terrorist groups and the growing terror net- working of Bangladeshi fundamentalist groups with LeT and JeM.
Alarmed over the situation, the Government has taken steps to sensitised the States and share with them specific intelligence inputs provided by the Central agencies about the plans and designs of terrorist outfits.
The Centre has also directed the states to set up well-equipped and specially trained special police units to deal with acts of terror.
Terrorist modules have been busted in different states by state security and intelligence agencies in association with the Central agencies.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->