Engaging the Separatists
Dec 7, 2009
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The visit of the Prime Minister to Kashmir to inaugurate the Qazigund- Anantnag railway link was accompanied by indications of opening the dialogue process with the Hurriyat Conference, moderate leaders. “I have come to the end of a productive and fruitful visit to Kashmir. |
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Assam: Renewed Hopes of Peace
Dec 7, 2009
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Rail services were resumed through North Cachar Hills district, bringing relief to south Assam districts, Tripura and Mizoram. Trains have been suspended since May 15 2008 due to frequent attacks by the Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel). The first round o f talks with the pro-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were held in Assam directly under the Centre’s aegis. Three leaders of the pro-talk faction - Mrinal Hazarika, Prabal Neog and Jiten Dutta - participated in the meet. |
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The Second Time President: Will He Deliver?
Dec 7, 2009
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President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second time in a row as the Afghan President on 19 November three months after the first round of elections held in August. The President has a tough task ahead given the challenges faced in bringing order to a country which has been at civil war for the past three decades and where systems and institutions have been non existent for long. |
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Negotiations with the Taliban
Dec 7, 2009
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The issue of negotiations with the Taliban has once again received attention with US special envoy Richard Holbrooke indicating support to the idea in an interview with SPIEGEL, Holbrooke said, “Majority of Taliban do not support Mullah Omar’s extreme views and that there is room for them to rejoin the social and political fabric of Afghanistan if they renounce Al Qaeda and reintegrate peacefully into Afghanistan. |
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Management of Security Forces
Dec 7, 2009
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The Bangladesh Rifles has instituted six special courts - two in Dhaka and four outside the capital - for the trial of the February 25-26 'mutiny' in the BDR headquarters in Dhaka and other BDR installations. The trial thus began in different sectors of the Bangladesh Rifles 24 November with a special court at the Rangamati sector headquarters taking cognizance of mutiny charges against five soldiers of the 12 Rifles Battalion. |
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The Lashkar Network in Bangladesh
Dec 7, 2009
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Two LeT men Shahidul Islam Sujon and Saiful Islam and their Bangladeshi partner Mufti Harun Izhar, son of Mufti Izharul Islam, amir of a faction of Islami Oikya Jote were apprehended, from a madrassah at Lalkhan Bazar in Chittagong on November 4. This was followed up by arrest of three Pakistani nationals and LeT members Syed Abdul Kaiyum Azhari alias Sufian, 22, Mohammad Ashraf alias Zahid, 24, and Mohammad Monwar Ali, 30, from Tongi in Gazipur and Uttara in Dhaka on November 13. |
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The Balochistan Package
Dec 7, 2009
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The federal government on 24 November tabled the ‘Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan’ package – based on 39 points – at a joint sitting of parliament. The Package was based on recommendations of a Senate committee with a five part list to include: constitutional, political, administrative, economic and monitoring mechanism. |
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Terror and Counter Terror
Dec 7, 2009
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The spate of suicide attacks continued in Pakistan through the month. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly prepared 25 vehicles and motorcycles packed with explosives for carrying out suicide bombings well before launching of the military operation in South Waziristan on October 17. |
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Operations in South Waziristan
Dec 7, 2009
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Pakistani forces claimed to have captured most main Taliban bases in their offensive in South Waziristan and will soon fan out into the rugged countryside to hunt for militants as per Chief military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas ‘We still believe many are still here. They have gone to the countryside, the forested areas, to villages and into the caves,’ Abbas said. |
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Presidential election
Dec 7, 2009
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa finally made up his mind to hold the presidential election first, two years in advance of its term, rather than conducting the parliamentary poll that is due. The election is scheduled to be held on January 26, 2010. It is clear that the President, who is seeking re-election, is trying to cash in on his soaring popularity after the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the liquidation of its leadership. |
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LTTE remnants in faction fight
Dec 7, 2009
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The Heroes Day – November 27 – this year brought out the deep fissure between two factions among remnants of LTTE, one claiming to still exist in the island nation and the other trying to retain hold over LTTE’s overseas units. Traditionally, Heroes Day was celebrated with a policy statement from V Prabhakaran, the late founder leader of the insurgent group. |
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India Terror: The Headley Rana Network
Dec 7, 2009
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Headley Rana network in the United States and arrest of two persons involved in supporting Mumbai 26/11 in Italy indicates growing reach and spread of the Lashkar e Taiyyaba. |
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A Year After 26/11 Capacity Building Review
Dec 7, 2009
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After a year from the dreaded Mumbai complex terror attack that shook not just India but global counter terror community, a review of measures taken by the Government to enhance security in the country would be appropriate. |
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Internal Security Sustained Capacity Building
Dec 7, 2009
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The highlight of November was the commencement of the electoral process in Jharkhand. The Legislative Assembly was dissolved on November 1, 2009 and a five-phase election schedule was announced by the CEC. 225 Coys of CPMFs and 85 Coys of various SAPs/IR Bns/Border Wing Home Guards have been deployed in Jharkhand to ensure free and fair elections. |
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Jammu and Kashmir : A Possible Political Solution
Dec 7, 2009
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the primary framework for a solution to the vexatious and long outstanding problem of Jammu and Kashmir stating that the boundaries will not be redrawn. "I have publicly stated that there can be no redrawing of borders (in Jammu and Kashmir)," the Prime Minister said. "...but our two countries [India and Pakistan] can work together to ensure that these are borders of peace, that people-to-people contacts grow in a manner in which people do not even worry whether they are located on this side of the border or that side," he told to CNN in an interview. |
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Losing the Hearts and Minds Battle
Dec 7, 2009
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Two decisions during November led to loss of credibility of the government and have impacted the battle to win the hearts and minds. These are refusal of the Services team to play Ranji trophy cricket match in Srinagar based on security concerns and cancellation of all prepaid sim cards of mobile phones in the Valley. |
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Assam: ULFA’s Parley Bait
Dec 7, 2009
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Six people were killed and 54 injured on 22 November, in two blasts suspected to have been triggered by ULFA in Nalbari, five days ahead of outfit's raising day. Four persons-- Pawan Thakur from Bihar and local residents Ganesh Das, Dipu Das and Keshab Das -- were killed on the spot, while two others -- Mohammad Ali, a village headman and Secunder Ali -- died on way to hospital. |
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Manipur: Continued Disorder
Dec 7, 2009
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Manipur continues to be in varying stages of disorder due to misgovernance. Thus schools which had been closed for over two months just about opened with added security though attendance remained thin. Three student bodies have boycotted schools in protest against the July 23 shootout. |
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Transnational Linkages of Terror in North East
Dec 7, 2009
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With cooperative approach of the Bangladesh government led by India friendly Awami League party, the security agencies in a number of North Eastern States such as Assam and Tripura are hopeful of surrenders of banned militants in the wake of the pushback of Ulfa leaders Chitrabon Hazarika and Sasha Chowdhury recently by the Bangladesh government. |
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Naxals: Green Hunt – A Phased, Sectoral Approach
Dec 7, 2009
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Home Ministry lowers scope of counter Naxal operations to conduct these sectorally in a phased manner starting with Chattisgarh and Maharashtra, extending to Jharkhand after state elections and then Orissa. |
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