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Kashmir attack: US backs India's right to defend itself
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 16 - 02 - 2019

The United States has told India it supports its right to defend itself against cross-border attacks, the government said on Saturday, as New Delhi considers retaliation against a car bombing in disputed Kashmir claimed by Pakistan-based militants.
Tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have risen again after New Delhi, incensed by the deadliest attack in Kashmir in decades, demanded that Pakistan act against the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant group behind the bombing.
Pakistan condemned Thursday's attack in which 44 paramilitary police were killed when the bomber slammed into a military convoy and denied any complicity.
US National Security Adviser John Bolton spoke to his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on Friday night, promising to help bring those behind the attack to justice, the Indian foreign ministry said in a readout of the phone call.
"The two NSAs vowed to work together to ensure that Pakistan cease to be a safe haven for JeM and terrorist groups that target India, the US and others in the region," the foreign ministry said.
"They resolved to hold Pakistan to account for its obligations under UN resolutions," it added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has faced calls for retribution from Indians on social media as well hardline groups demonstrating in the streets, said on Saturday he had given a free hand to the military to respond to acts of violence. "The country understands the anger simmering within the soldiers," he said at a political rally in western Maharashtra state.
As the bodies of the policemen who died in the car bomb reached their homes in small towns across India, crowds waving Indian flags gathered in the streets to honor them and demand revenge.
Others held flowers as they walked behind the coffins in the towns of Jabalpur, Varanasi and Moga, television showed.
Tens of thousands of troops, paramilitary police and state police are deployed across scenic Kashmir to quell the nearly 30-year revolt there, India's only Muslim-majority region.
In Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, authorities imposed a curfew for a second day after mobs attacked vehicles and pelted stones at the homes of Kashmiris.
In New Delhi, leaders of political parties met and said they stood behind the government in its resolve to tackle terrorism.
Many angry social media users elsewhere furiously demanded retribution, and several hawkish TV channels called for all-out war with Pakistan.
"Please attack and annihilate Pakistan for a safe future for Indians. Now or never," wrote Twitter user Shantanue Munde.
The attack has put Modi's Hindu militant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the back foot ahead of national elections due by May.
Modi's government in recent years has adopted a muscular policy in Kashmir and shelved dialogue with Pakistan to boost its popularity after accusing the previous government of being soft on militancy. "Revenge is the only word that comes to my Mind," tweeted Babul Supriyo, a minister in Modi's government. — Agencies


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