Dr. Jassim Taqui
DG Al-Bab Institute for Strategic Studies
Islamabad, June 28, 2021: In a serious development of the Kashmir issue, India said its military thwarted a major threat when it intercepted two drones flying over an army base in Indian-occupied Kashmir, a day after when unknown outfit used suspected explosive-laden drones to attack an airbase in the occupied region.
The two drones flew over the Kaluchak military base on the outskirts of Jammu city. However, they fled away when Quick Reaction Teams engaged them with firing.
By far, this is the most ominous incident, which points out to a serious escalation of tension in IOK. Things are expected to go out of control when the Indians would react in kind against targets inside Azad Jammu& Kashmir (AJK).
So far, the incident is ambiguous since no Jihadi group took responsibility of the two incidents or even commented on them.
Most probably, the Indian drones would target Maulana Masood Azhar; the leader of the banned outfit Jaysh Muhammad(JM). The US put a prize of $10 million on his head for planning the Mumbai attack on November 26, 2008, in which suicide bombers killed over 170 including three American citizens. Over 300 people were also injured. Pakistan also banned JM but could not arrest is the leader who fled AJK.
According to Pak military doctrine, the armed forces would reciprocate in kind any Indian attack on AJK or Pakistani territories. Therefore, the situation could deteriorate shortly.
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