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LettersFor peace with India, Pakistan must rid itself of the rogue elements in its state

  • The Indian air strikes were a response to the murder of Indian nationals on Indian soil by a terrorist group. It’s Islamabad that must act to cut support for the militant Jaish-e-Mohammed

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A Pakistani policeman stands guard at Lahore railway station, near a train travelling to India, on February 25, 2019. The vast majority of Indians and Pakistanis do not want war or bad relations. Photo: AFP
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I am compelled to write a response to the lack of key information in Adnan Aamir’s column (“India and Pakistan are not going to war any time soon”, March 2) about the India-Pakistan conflict.
Over 40 members of the Indian Central Reserve Police Force were killed by a suicide bomber while travelling in a highway convoy in Indian Kashmir. The militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), based in Pakistan and listed as a terrorist organisation by both the US and the UK, claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Indian government believes that JeM is both funded and harboured by certain elements of the Pakistani state.

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We have therefore a murder of Indian nationals on Indian soil by a suicide bomber from a terrorist organisation. Mr Aamir’s omission of this key fact makes it seem like India acted completely without provocation. India may be in an election year, but what other options does a government have when a state-funded terrorist group repeatedly attacks its citizens on its own soil?
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Indian security forces inspect the remains of a vehicle following an attack on a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force convoy near Awantipur town in the Lethpora area of Kashmir on February 14. Photo: AFP
Indian security forces inspect the remains of a vehicle following an attack on a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force convoy near Awantipur town in the Lethpora area of Kashmir on February 14. Photo: AFP
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