"Operation Kabaddi" has been revealed only recently. Was it really a post Kargil 1999 plan? Kargil incursions were proposed many times before, especially during the regime of Zia ul-Haq. Hassan Abbas discloses that a Kargil operation was suggested to Zia twice, to be rejected on both occasions, while Zia asked convincing counter questions about the … Continue reading “Operation Kabaddi”
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Kashmir and ground zero
The other day I came across this interview on Kashmir: http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KG17Df01.html Arif Jamal appears to bring in more topics that he is actually able to discuss. First, asking him a question to expand on the strategic importance of Swat as a corridor linking Pakistani Kashmir and Afghanistan is purely hypothetical. This is nothing new and … Continue reading Kashmir and ground zero