“The employment of innovative means by Hamas while attacking Israel on October 7, 2023, has raised alarm among security agencies across the world,” an Indian Army spokesperson told न्यूजवीक.

“Requisite measures have been instituted along the Line of Control and International Border Sectors to thwart any such malafide attempts from across the Western Border,” the spokesperson added.

नियंत्रण रेखा एक विशाल, लगभग 500 मील की सीमा है जो परमाणु-सशस्त्र प्रतिद्वंद्वियों भारत और पाकिस्तान को कश्मीर में विभाजित करती है। जैसा कि इज़राइल और हमास के कब्जे वाली गाजा पट्टी को अलग करने वाली 40 मील की छोटी बाधा के मामले में है, नियंत्रण रेखा लगातार विद्रोही गतिविधि के साथ-साथ कई हाई-प्रोफाइल झड़पों और चौतरफा युद्धों का स्थल रही है। .

But with Hamas’ shock October assault sparking the deadliest-ever flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence that remains ongoing to this day, the spokesperson outlined some of the steps that have been taken to address emergent threats in the stretch Kashmir it administers, officially known as Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), as growing unrest in the Middle East threatens to spill over into South Asia.

“The Indian Army has established robust Counter Infiltration and Terror Grids in J&K in synchronization with other stakeholders,” the Indian Army spokesperson explained.

“Adequate troops are deployed in the grid along with niche technology equipment with the capability to dynamically readjust based on emerging operational situation,” the spokesperson continued. “Technological infusion has been undertaken to counter emerging drone/quadcopter threats, in concert with other stakeholders.”

Security measures in India-administered Kashmir were drastically increased after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to revoke the region’s semi-autonomous status in August 2019. The move, along with an ensuing crackdown designed to stamp out a decades-long insurgency waged by separatist groups, sparked international controversy, as well as outrage from Pakistan, which saw the move as a unilateral violation of attempts to settle Kashmir’s political status.

हालाँकि, नई दिल्ली लंबे समय से इस्लामाबाद पर नियंत्रण रेखा के पार इस्लामी और अलगाववादी एजेंडे के साथ विभिन्न मिलिशिया को प्रायोजित करने का आरोप लगाती रही है, और अब पाकिस्तानी अधिकारियों द्वारा स्वतंत्रता के लिए कश्मीरी और फिलिस्तीनी संघर्षों के बीच संबंध बनाने के प्रयासों को संदेह की नजर से देखा जाता है।

“Pakistan continues to innovate and adapt its proxy war in J&K to keep the pot boiling and present a disturbed situation in J&K,” the Indian Army spokesperson said. “While so far, there have been no major attempts to link the two issues, the same cannot be ruled out in an attempt by Pakistan to highlight the Kashmir issue in the international fora.”

The two issues do, in fact, share some common roots. The bloody partition that gave birth to the rivalry between the modern nations of India and Pakistan and the territorial dispute that sparked the Israeli-Palestinian conflict both followed the United Kingdom’s withdrawals from colonial holdings in 1947 and 1948, respectively.

जबकि नई दिल्ली ने ऐतिहासिक रूप से फिलिस्तीनी मुद्दे के प्रति सहानुभूति व्यक्त की है और 1974 में फिलिस्तीन मुक्ति संगठन को मान्यता देने वाला पहला गैर-अरब राष्ट्र बन गया है, भारत ने 1992 में आधिकारिक संबंध स्थापित करने के बाद से इज़राइल के साथ राजनीतिक, आर्थिक और यहां तक ​​कि सुरक्षा संबंधों को मजबूत किया है। पाकिस्तान, पर द हैंड ने कभी भी इज़राइल को मान्यता नहीं दी है और फिलिस्तीनियों के लिए उसका समर्थन कश्मीर मुद्दे के साथ समानताओं से बढ़ा है।

In a recent interview with Newsweek, Pakistani Permanent Representative to the United Nations Munir Akram asserted that “the Palestinian cause and Kashmir cause have been intertwined historically, but also because they depend on the same central principle of self-determination.”

The senior Pakistani diplomat argued that “the application of the principle of self-determination, if it succeeds in Palestine, will be a great boost to the application of the principle for Jammu and Kashmir.”

Akram rebuffed India’s accusations that his nation was behind militant activity in Kashmir and instead accused New Delhi of waging its own “hybrid war” through conventional means as well as the backing of non-state actors such as the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan [TTP], also known as the Pakistani Taliban, and Balochi separatists.

द्वंद्वयुद्ध के आरोप पूरे क्षेत्र में आतंकवादी गतिविधियों में वृद्धि के कारण बढ़ते तनाव के बीच आए हैं।

Iran and Pakistan, in particular, have suffered a series of deadly attacks by groups pushing ethnic separatist and Islamist agendas, including the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), in recent years, especially since the Afghan Taliban’s takeover over neighbouring Afghanistan.

हालांकि तेहरान और इस्लामाबाद ने ऐतिहासिक रूप से इस मुद्दे पर सहयोग करने की मांग की है, लेकिन पिछले महीने जब ईरान ने पाकिस्तानी क्षेत्र में जैश अल-अदल आतंकवादी समूह के कथित ठिकानों के खिलाफ मिसाइल हमले किए, तो निराशा बढ़ गई और पाकिस्तानी बलों ने कथित बलूची विद्रोही ठिकानों के खिलाफ हमलों के साथ जवाबी कार्रवाई की। ईरान. तब से दोनों देशों ने अपने ख़राब संबंधों को सुधारने की कोशिश की है, लेकिन आतंकवादी हमले क्षेत्रीय सुरक्षा को कमज़ोर कर रहे हैं।

At a time when the war in Gaza was also prompting violent ripple effects, with non-state actors aligned with Iran’s “Axis of Resistance” in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Yemen opening new fronts, Indian and Pakistani officials have expressed concerns over the potential second-order effects for their own region.

“The security situation in the Middle East has a bearing on overall security situation in the region including India,” the Indian Army spokesperson said.

“The Indian Army remains cognizant of developments in the international security arena including the Middle East and adequate safeguards are put in place,” the spokesperson added, “along with a whole-of-government approach, to meet the emerging challenges.”