SEVERAL PAK-BASED TERROR GROUPS SEEKING TO ENTER INDIA FROM POK

India would be walking towards NH 44 to board a commercial vehicle for their onward journey.

Another batch of six HM terrorists, including two individuals identified as Nazim

and Shadaq, are moving adjacent to Indian assets on the Naushera sector with the intention to carry out attacks on Indian soldiers.

A group of seven terrorists, who are heavily armed, as per the intelligence, are residing in Datote of Pachiot village, POK. This group, which is “desperate” to enter India, has already made two unsuccessful attempts in the last one month to cross over, but have not been able to do so.

In its annual press conference on 12 January, Indian

Army chief M.M. Naravane had mentioned that their immediate concern was terror emanating from Pakistan. Naravane, in a clear and unambiguous message to Pakistan and the world, had said that Pakistan was continuing to use terrorism as a tool for achieving its state objectives. “Pakistan continues to embrace terror and terrorism as an instrument of state policy. However, we are very clear that we have zero tolerance for terror and we reserve our right to respond at a time and place of our own choosing and with precision. This is a clear message that we have sent across that we will not tolerate any such kind of activity,” the COAS said, in what is being seen as a reiteration of India’s “aggressive” strategy to counter Pakistan’s

decades old method of using non-state actors to destabilize the country.

It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan, by way of a series of steps taken in the last few months, where it has “arrested” terror chiefs, has been trying to create a global perception that it is seriously tackling jihadi terrorism. However, according to intelligence officials, the situation on the ground in POK, where terror groups are being protected and nurtured, tells a totally different story.