The first man of terrorism in the world ,the man who was credited with masterminding and executing the 9/11 attacks on the United States of America was finally killed by the US Seal forces on May 21,2011,nearly 10 years after the twin tower bombings. While the entire world heaved a sigh of relief after the death of Bin Laden, the place where he was killed and where he was assumed to be staying for the past five years has left our neighboring nation Pakistan deeply embarrassed.
Osama was killed in Abbottabad a province in Pakistan where he lived in a house very close to the military establishment of Pakistan.This new revelation about Pakistan has raised question marks over Pakistan's commitment to eliminating terrorism from the world. It has also now resulted in various groups within India questioning the Government’s extended effort to improve diplomatic ties with Pakistan post the cricket diplomacy which was initiated during the World Cup.
To begin with India has always maintained that the terror attacks in Mumbai were masterminded by terrorists who were trained in Pakistan. While the Mumbai attacks trial in Pakistan has been going on for quite some time, it has not resulted in any positive outcome which has irked the Indian officials. Therefore India was forced to reinitiate dialogue with Pakistan. Pakistan on the other hand seems to be in no mood to acknowledge any Pakistani hand in the whole incident. Pakistan has been a safe haven for a number of terrorist groups as well as some high profile criminals who run the mafia in India. India has enough proof that Pakistan has been sheltering these people but has not been able to act upon it. So how should India react to the current developments.
The first option is to resolve the issue by dialogue. The problem with carrying on dialogues with Pakistan though is that you are not sure if the present government has control over the Army and radical groups in the country. While you can keep exerting pressure on the Pakistani government the Pakistani Army might not take any of it and continue with its vague ways. Even in the past a lot of talks have failed because the government never seemed to have an authority over the Army in Pakistan. So irrespective of how long we carry on with the talks they are not going to yield much.
The next option we have is to smoke out the terror training camps in Pakistan .We can carry out these attacks in a similar fashion as done by the US seal forces. The Indian military has also acknowledged that they are capable of carrying out similar attacks on Pakistani soil. But for India to carry out any offensive against Pakistan ,we will have to take the world community into confidence. The South Asian region is of huge strategic interest to the world community and any successful attack by India on Pakistan will be detrimental to the interests of China as well as USA in the region. Therefore they would not encourage any such act by India unless there are unavoidable circumstances. India would not like to get involved in a war with Pakistan as any such decision would push India's economic growth back by 5-10 years which we cannot afford. The risk of a Nuclear detonation on Indian soil also cannot be discounted. Also you do not want an unstable Pakistan at any point of time which will be difficult to handle. All these means that the option of aggression has to be exercised with restraint.
For the time being India is therefore better off to just continue with the peace talks irrespective of their outcome and make sure that the security of the nation is maintained. Pakistan is slowly detonating from within. The same terrorists whom Pakistan raised and fed are now getting back at them. In the recent past there have been a host of terrorist attacks in Pakistan in which Pakistan has lost a couple of newly acquired aircrafts as well. The US is also beginning to realize that its investments in Pakistan is going down the drain. Even they are building pressure on Pakistan to get hold of terrorists hiding within that nation. India has to keep a keen eye on these developments and also in the meantime continue with its economic development. Also India must use all possible means to raise awareness at the global stage about threat of terrorism originating from Pakistan.
A time will come when the problem of Pakistan will be solved all by itself.
Osama was killed in Abbottabad a province in Pakistan where he lived in a house very close to the military establishment of Pakistan.This new revelation about Pakistan has raised question marks over Pakistan's commitment to eliminating terrorism from the world. It has also now resulted in various groups within India questioning the Government’s extended effort to improve diplomatic ties with Pakistan post the cricket diplomacy which was initiated during the World Cup.
To begin with India has always maintained that the terror attacks in Mumbai were masterminded by terrorists who were trained in Pakistan. While the Mumbai attacks trial in Pakistan has been going on for quite some time, it has not resulted in any positive outcome which has irked the Indian officials. Therefore India was forced to reinitiate dialogue with Pakistan. Pakistan on the other hand seems to be in no mood to acknowledge any Pakistani hand in the whole incident. Pakistan has been a safe haven for a number of terrorist groups as well as some high profile criminals who run the mafia in India. India has enough proof that Pakistan has been sheltering these people but has not been able to act upon it. So how should India react to the current developments.
The first option is to resolve the issue by dialogue. The problem with carrying on dialogues with Pakistan though is that you are not sure if the present government has control over the Army and radical groups in the country. While you can keep exerting pressure on the Pakistani government the Pakistani Army might not take any of it and continue with its vague ways. Even in the past a lot of talks have failed because the government never seemed to have an authority over the Army in Pakistan. So irrespective of how long we carry on with the talks they are not going to yield much.
The next option we have is to smoke out the terror training camps in Pakistan .We can carry out these attacks in a similar fashion as done by the US seal forces. The Indian military has also acknowledged that they are capable of carrying out similar attacks on Pakistani soil. But for India to carry out any offensive against Pakistan ,we will have to take the world community into confidence. The South Asian region is of huge strategic interest to the world community and any successful attack by India on Pakistan will be detrimental to the interests of China as well as USA in the region. Therefore they would not encourage any such act by India unless there are unavoidable circumstances. India would not like to get involved in a war with Pakistan as any such decision would push India's economic growth back by 5-10 years which we cannot afford. The risk of a Nuclear detonation on Indian soil also cannot be discounted. Also you do not want an unstable Pakistan at any point of time which will be difficult to handle. All these means that the option of aggression has to be exercised with restraint.
For the time being India is therefore better off to just continue with the peace talks irrespective of their outcome and make sure that the security of the nation is maintained. Pakistan is slowly detonating from within. The same terrorists whom Pakistan raised and fed are now getting back at them. In the recent past there have been a host of terrorist attacks in Pakistan in which Pakistan has lost a couple of newly acquired aircrafts as well. The US is also beginning to realize that its investments in Pakistan is going down the drain. Even they are building pressure on Pakistan to get hold of terrorists hiding within that nation. India has to keep a keen eye on these developments and also in the meantime continue with its economic development. Also India must use all possible means to raise awareness at the global stage about threat of terrorism originating from Pakistan.
A time will come when the problem of Pakistan will be solved all by itself.
