Kashmir – Page 4 – Maj Gen Harsha Kakar (Retd.)

October 21, 2021

It’s been 75 years since Pakistan pushed raiders into Kashmir; its opportunistic, jihadi nature remains same First Post 21 Oct 2021

It’s been 75 years since Pakistan pushed raiders into Kashmir; its opportunistic, jihadi nature remains same First Post 21 Oct 2021 On 22nd October 1947, Pakistan raiders equipped, trained and backed by their army entered Kashmir to loot and plunder. This was the commencement of Operation Gulmarg aimed at capturing Kashmir. Kashmir, till then, was a paradise and had […]

October 21, 2021

Changing terrorist strategy in the valley (Hindi) Amar Ujala 20 Oct 2021

Changing terrorist strategy in the valley (Hindi) Amar Ujala 20 Oct 2021 जम्मू-कश्मीर में बिहार के दो मजदूरों को निशाना बनाने के बाद वहां प्रवासी समुदाय में दहशत फैल गई है। इस केंद्र शासित प्रदेश में इस महीने अब तक 11 लोगों की हत्या हो चुकी है, जिनमें से पांच गैर कश्मीरी हैं। इसने वहां असुरक्षा का वातावरण बना […]

October 16, 2021

Kashmir and the Taliban (Hindi) Chanakya Forum 15 Oct 2021

Kashmir and the Taliban (Hindi) Chanakya Forum 15 Oct 2021 पाकिस्तान भी लगाए बैठा उम्मीद पाक सरकार को भी कुछ ऐसी ही उम्मीद है। इमरान खान की पीटीआई प्रवक्ता नीलम इरशाद शेख ने पाक टीवी पर एक चर्चा के दौरान बताया कि, ‘तालिबान ने कहा है कि वे हमारे साथ हैं और वे कश्मीर में हमारी मदद करेंगे।’ एंकर […]

October 12, 2021

Militancy changes its colours in Kashmir The Statesman 12 Oct 2021

Militancy changes its colours in Kashmir The Statesman 12 Oct 2021 The killing last week of Kashmiri Pundit, Makhan Lal Bindroo, a well-known Chemist in Srinagar, by terrorists, led to a public outrage. The incident was criticized cutting across religious and political lines. Within minutes of his killing, a non-local Hindu street hawker from Bihar was also gunned down. […]

September 15, 2021

Geelani’s death and Pakistan The Excelsior 15 Sep 2021

Geelani’s death and Pakistan The Excelsior 15 Sep 2021 The announcement of Masrat Alam Bhat as the new head of the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) in place of Syed Ali Shah Geelani was possibly based on Pakistan’s directions to nominate a hardliner, seeking merger of Kashmir with it. Bhat has been in Tihar Jail since 2015. For Pak, […]

September 1, 2021

Taliban takeover and Kashmir The Excelsior 01 Sep 2021

Taliban takeover and Kashmir The Excelsior 01 Sep 2021 In a discussion on Pak TV, last week, Neelam Irshad Sheikh, spokesperson of Imran Khan’s PTI, stated, ‘The Taliban are saying that they are with us, and they will help us in Kashmir.’ She stuck to her words, despite being warned by the anchor to be careful of her comments. […]

July 21, 2021

There is no threat to Kashmir from Pakistan NAAD Jul 2021

There is no threat to Kashmir from Pakistan NAAD Jul 2021 In 1978, post the arrest and trial of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Zia-ul-Haq assumed charge of Pakistan, and launched his policy of bleeding India with a thousand cuts. Four and a half decades later, the policy has, apart from backfiring, placed Pakistan in a quandary. Nothing has been achieved, […]

July 13, 2021

Political transformation in J and K The Excelsior 13 Jul 2021

Political transformation in J and K The Excelsior 13 Jul 2021 Post abrogation of article 370, incarcerating political leaders, imposing internet restrictions, downgrading the state into a Union Territory, segregating Ladakh and deploying enhanced security forces, relations between the state’s, largely valley-based politicians, and the centre had deteriorated. The world, though accepting that abrogation of article 370 was India’s […]

June 29, 2021

Defining the contours of a Kashmir agenda The Statesman 29 Jun 2021

Defining the contours of a Kashmir agenda The Statesman 29 Jun 2021 Last week, PM Modi met a group of politicians from J and K seeking to break, what he termed, ‘dil se doori, dilli se doori.’ The group included former chief ministers, deputy chief ministers and representatives of major political parties of the UT. There was free and […]

March 26, 2021

Kashmir through the eyes of the ceasefire NAAD magazine Mar 2021

file:///C:/Users/Harsha%20Kakar/Downloads/Naad%20Issue%20March%202021.pdf Kashmir through the eyes of the ceasefire NAAD magazine Mar 2021 India and Pakistan have accepted a ceasefire along the LoC. This was announced post the weekly Director General Military Operations (DGMO) talks and is effective from 24/25 Feb. While still at the nascent stage, there is hope that for once the ceasefire would hold. This is a […]