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“The Line of Control is silent. The situation is calm. There is no shelling. But Pakistan has started sending more terrorists inside India,” said Maj. Gen. Mohan Bhandari, commanding officer of the Army’s key 18th division in Kashmir.
The next two months are critical, said Bhandari, whose Army division comprises thousands of soldiers defending the Line of Control.
Shelling by Indian and Pakistani soldiers along the frontier ebbed in December last year after Pakistan responded favorably to a temporary Indian ceasefire against the rebels.
Most of the militant groups fighting in Kashmir are based either in Pakistan or Pak-occupied Kashmir. India controls two-thirds of Kashmir and Pakistan the remaining one-third. Both countries claim it in its entirety.
“There are 123 camps in Pakistan
where their army is training the militants,” Bhandari said in an interview.
“There are almost 3,000 militants waiting to cross over, all along the
Line of Control.” He said more than 2,500 militants are already in the
Kashmir Valley. Defense Ministry officials say that the number of militants
crossing into India from Pakistan has gone up despite an easing of tension
along the cease-fire line.
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