Friday, November 25, 2016

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Pakistan should dismantle all terrorist groups' that was published in Newsband

Pakistan should dismantle all terrorist groups
When will the regular exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani soldiers at the border stop? What does either side gain by these exchanges? Who exactly stands to benefit by creating tensions across the borders? The exchanges continue in spite of the 2003 ceasefire on the Line of Control. Artillery and mortar fire are used for exchanges. The casualties along the International Boundary and the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir continue to grow. Pakistan did not condemn the Uri attack. India in reply kept quiet about the terror attacks in Balochistan.
Who will be the next army chief of Pakistan and what policies related to India will he adopt? In Pakistan, the tension between Army and government continues. The terrorist build-up and infiltration along the LoC continues too. When will a democratic government replace the army in Pakistan?    
It is high time the governments of the two countries did something drastic to build up confidence among their respective people and started useful dialogues. India’s External Affairs Minister has started the bilateral talks. It was indeed high time that India and Pakistan sorted out things bilaterally. First thing that Pakistan should do is dismantle all terrorist groups on their side. They are the cause of all the problems that the two countries face. Once all the terrorist groups are dismantled there can be sensible dialogues exchanged between the two nations. Till then tensions between the two are unavoidable.   

This continuing tension and violence between India and Pakistan will not benefit either of the two countries. The continuous exchanges at the border will only lead to losses for both the countries and neither of them will be able to focus on development as long as the tensions across the border continue. 

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