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Published:September20,201602:33IST|Updated:September20,201603:34ISTSeptember20,2016

RespondingtoUri
GatheringevidenceregardingthefourterroristswhostormedthearmybaseinUri,killing18soldiers,suggeststheyarefromPakistan
andhadbeensentacrosstheborderexplicitlyforthisattack.Infact,theentireoperationhasthefingerprintsofPakistansmilitary
establishment,showingyetagainthecountryspersistentuseofterrorismasstatepolicy.Thefourterroristsreportedlygottothecamp
earlyinthemorning,inallprobabilityacrosstheLineofControljust6kmaway.Theterroristscarriedautomaticrifles,underbarrelgrenade
launchersandotherequipment,mostofitwithPakistanimarkings,accordingtoDirectorGeneralofMilitaryOperationsLt.Gen.Ranbir
Singh.Overthelastthreedecadesorso,IndiahasbeenatthereceivingendofPakistanistatecraftofterroristsunleashedtoattainstate
objectivesUriisthelatestprovocation.Indiahaslimitedmanoeuvrabilityasfarasamilitaryresponsegoes.NarendraModisrestrained,but
firm,responseisanindicationthatIndiamaynotplaytherecklessgamemanywouldlikeitto.Condemningthecowardlyattack,hesaid
thosebehinditwouldnotgounpunishedtheheavyliftingwillinallprobabilitybedonediplomatically.
InresponsesinNewDelhi,andonthegroundinKashmir,onethinghasemerged:thatIndiastilldoesnothaveacomprehensivenational
policytodealwithdomesticmilitancyaswellascrossborderterrorism.GivenIndiasinconsistentandincompleteresponses,the
adversaries,bothstatesandterrororganisations,areabletoexploit,andoftenpokefunat,thelackofarobustnationaldoctrine.Thelatest
attackalsocapturesthecomplexrealityofIndiaPakistantiesandtheKashmirissue.Itcallsforanalertsecuritygridandsophisticated
policyresponsesneithercanbeachievedbyrhetoricandsimplisticblamegames.TheIndiansecurityforceshavebeendealingwithmilitancy
andcrossborderinfiltrationsinceKashmirwentupinflamesinthelate1980s.ThegradualdeclineinviolenceintheValleyovertheyears
wasreversedstarting2014,andsincethenstrifeintheValleyandinfiltrationfromthePakistansidehavebothsteadilyclimbed.ThePrime
Ministershouldtaketheleadtobringtogetherleadersacrossthespectrumtoworktowardsfindingpeace,whiledrawingupanational
securitydoctrinethatisfreeofbiasesandmyopia.Indianeedstoletitsadversariesknowitisapowercapableofmorethanmererhetoric
whileassuringitsownpeoplethatitsoptionsarerootedinconstitutionalvalues.Forboth,awelldocumentednationalsecuritydoctrine
couldbeafirststep.
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