NEW DELHI, India: The Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag said on Tuesday that Pakistan is indulged in supporting proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir despite suffering casualties in its own country.
Pakistan supporting proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir despite suffering casualties in their own country: Army Chief Dalbir Singh
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“Recent terror attacks in J&K show Pakistan’s desperation,” General Suhag was quoted as saying by the Indian new agency, Times News Network (TNN).
The Indian army chief said that threats and challenges to India are growing because of an “active border”.
General Suhag said that 110 terrorists were neutralized by the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014.
“Terrorists are finding it difficult to infiltrate from Line of Control, hence they are trying to enter India from international border,” he said while commenting on recent ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops.
“The terror infrastructure in Pakistan is still intact,” the Indian army chief further said.
The two nuclear-armed countries continue to exchange allegations of cross border firing and being engaged in proxy war against each other. The relations between the two countries have even turned more tense since the formation of hardline Hindu Nationalist Narendera Modi’s government in New Delhi.
Earlier on Monday, Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif claimed in an interview on DawnNews’s program News Eye that India was helping terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out “heinous acts”.
The defence minister alleged that India “has designs on Pakistan”.
“The Taliban have links with India. Also, India’s involvement in the insurgency in Balochistan cannot be ignored,” he said.
Likewise, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s adviser on national security and foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz also blamed India for using the Afghan soil to carry out attacks on Pakistan.
In an interview on DawnNews’s program ‘Faisla Awam Ka’, the adviser said that since the formation of Modi’s government, the Indian stance on the Kashmir issue has been non-cooperative.
“The stance of the previous governments in India was subtle, but the Modi-led government said that if Pakistan is to maintain good ties with India, then it should compromise on Kashmir,” Sartaj Aziz said.
