Twelve Mirage 2000 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force launched an air attack on Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist camps at LoC, dropping about 1,000 kg of explosives in the early hours of Tuesday, 26 February.
IAF completely destroyed the Jaish camp located in Balkot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Vishnu Prakash speaks former Ambassador of Canada and South Korea The Quint IAF airstrikes, Pakistan’s role in harassing Pakistan’s terrorist groups, when he comes to the diplomatic stand of India to deal with more, what he makes:
What do you make from Mia briefing going out today?
On Mea Briefing, Prakash said that it is definitely a diplomatic dimension and from a diplomatic dimension “strike was an earlier strike, as foreigner sec has said.”
“For me, there are three takeaways,” he said.
- Intention – Intention comes first because we have performed very clearly that we have the ability to take steps, even if they are difficult steps, even if they are in self -defense. We are not going to roll and play dead.
- Capacity – International community has a lot of board with us. We have John Bolton, the United States NSA and others. There is an international hatred with using terror as a means of foreign policy and unfortunately, a neighbor terrorist tent is spread everywhere. Afghanistan, Iran – See how they are taking us to a ride. So this is the kind of thing that is calibrated, it,S cauti and message is loud and clear to listen to Pakistan. I think, I hope they will see writing on the wall.
- Message – We are telling Pakistan that we do not want to engage in enmity with you, we do not want to be aggressive. We are a peace -loving country and for the last 20 years, we are telling them that we are a big economy, we are the kind of river or lake that can give life to all boats, so work with us – your needs are like us. Therefore, the message is clear that we have taken it not with an aggressive intentions but in self -defense.
You were in Pakistan immediately after the Kargil struggle and then 9/11. What has changed in the attitude of Pakistan and India to deal with terror?
As far as Pakistan is concerned, it has moved forward. After 9/11, I remember that a straightforward Musharraf told The Nation that he was going to play the ball with America. Since then, they have played the ball but it,Very different types of balls; He has been taken for $ 33 billion and as Donald Trump says, he hunt with hound and ran away with heirs. And America is paying the price in the blood – it has hugged them (Pakistan). I remember in 2005, in the White House, Musharraf looked at Bill Clinton in the eye and said, ‘We do not know where Bin Laden is, we have nothing to do with bin Laden.’ We all know that he (bin Laden) was found in the shadow of the army’s brass – so the kind of countries we are working. In that sense, nothing has changed. They have gone under the front tube, I would say self transplant.
As far as India is concerned, we have been very patient. After the attack on the Indian Parliament, we pressed the button, we said to give peace a chance. After 26/11, we still gave Shanti a chance, after Pathankot, we still did so. Now, a platform has arrived where India quite decides that is enough.
Imran Khan has said very clearly that you have given a chance to others, why were I not given a chance?
Mr. Imran Khan, with all due respect, is nothing more than a front for the army. He was none, he was out of political ambiguity and anointed as Prime Minister.
He will sing army song. He is nothing but a frontman – this is the tragedy of Pakistan. This is actually and often with the armed forces in D Zur Power Pakistan. And they unfortunately reduce their abilities and underestimate others. They present themselves as the family’s silver mentor who are right, which are strong and we know that they need an enemy and well, India becomes enemy.
Do you think that whatever the external policy of Pakistan is, whatever it does in the neighborhood or the relationship with the big international community is actually inspired by what is happening inside. For example, Jaish is launched in India because they somehow have to rehabilitate evil elements within the country?
You have a point but why should others pay the price for him? Really,I like to say that I,M playing with a gun, I have shot myself and now others should come to my rescue. Why? As Hillary Clinton says, they are nourishing snakes in their backyard. What does Pakistan stop, which took place a few years ago where 130 children were killed? What does they stop to deny? First accept that they have a problem and then start handling this issue. Because they are using Jaish and Lashkar, etc. as a spear of their terrorist structure, I think it is only to decide whether it wants to be an evil state, a failed state, a terrorist state or a general state. We, in our own interests, want Pakistan to become a normal situation. So we can do co-pror and co-development. We have nothing against the people of Pakistan. We have our issues with the leadership of the infrastructure of Pakistan, army, terror and we have now demonstrated that we have the ability to draw a line. ,
Do you want to comment on how India increased the situation this time and was there any lesson that the Indian leadership had learned from previous experiences like Uri?
We have been learning our lessons since 1948 – when we took the matter to the United Nations. With this, we learned that in international diplomacy, it,Your own ability that matters. No one is going to come to our rescue. We are a big nation. We are a competent nation and we have an impeccable track record. I am proud of a former diplomat that served the country with this track record. We have never violated or fallen of any commitment – economic, political or otherwise. Therefore, we are able to defend ourselves and the world is respected that more countries are working with us. The fact is that Pakistan has only two ally – one brother (Saudi Arabia) and the other is China. ,
Do you think we have actually allowed Pakistan to allow a window to actually sit in our house and the decision of today’s briefing is really allowing that window?
I think we have once again urged Pakistan to see the reason. Saying in so many words, we have reiterated the fact that we do not have aggressive intentions. This has been a very pinpoint strike in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with the main training camp and it was a successful mission. I have no information inside, but I think what we have seen today is an international coordination. I would not be surprised if the leading players have worked with us in Intel sharing, so I think it is a message and clear for the neighbor and I hope they listen.
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