Really ??
thats the reason behind the increase in clashes and protest since 2000 ..
Clashes with who? Police? Firstly, as a Pakistani decide whether Indian forces are massacring Kashmiris as you say or standing by allowing protests as you claim above. Those two can not go together. We would have run out of Kashmiris to 'Massacre'. Most antithetical position by Pakistanis in this forum on what Indian forces are supposedly doing in Kashmir.
Since you have decided to troll, let me deviate. Bro, I have been on ground there for years, and so I tell you out of experience and not any second hand information. If you think that there is not a well thought out plan of permitting protests and so called clashes, then you have absolutely no clue why Pakistan is still at the same position vis-vis Kashmir as it was in 1980s. Like
@Piper sensibly pointed out earlier in the thread, at times it is best to ignore things and let them be. By allowing these 'protests' and 'clashes' to take place, the government of India grandstands to the world. Showcases the Indian democracy working even in restive regions. Look at Manipur, 68 years and now it is free of disturbed area act. Op Hifazat has finally been declared over by Government of India in 2016. The level of violence in Manipur is at a level wherein it is a routine police matter. That is what a state always strives for, to have levels wherein the police suffices.
Sorry to indulge in pontification, but no insurgency has been won in a day or months or years of even a decade. US is learning that lesson the hard way. They need Pakistan in Afghanistan to achieve an honorable exit. We all, and here the members I refer to are the professionals on either side of the border, had said that US was bound to fail in Afghanistan if it withdraws. You ever ask any think tank on how to run counter insurgency operations, and they will give you an Indian example. Its not because I am from India, heaven knows we love to relearn our own lessons as we fail in institutionalization of the lessons learnt in successive decades, but Indian response has always been calibrated, proportional and minimalistic in CI Ops. That is the reason why we have large number of troops, we have physical presence to ensure adequacy of numbers to be brought to bear upon as lesser force has to be compensated with numbers.
In Kashmir, the amount of people for azadi are limited to well to do, those who have a good source of income and have nothing to work for. They have the family money. Most of them have their children outside the valley in Delhi, ,Mumbai or even out of India in US etc. For them it is a matter of politics. The common man on ground has no employment. Majority of Kashmiris I interacted with have primary requirements of jobs, employment and education of their children. They do not care about these politics. The major problem is that since the politicians in valley receive money from both India and Pakistan, they milk both the countries and do not govern at the grassroots. The Indian Army provides for the civil population in areas adjoining the LC. At times, there are no roads built by government there, being dependent on Army for medical, infrastructure support and even communication. When this has been going on for decades, with politicians of valley learning from both Indian and Pakistani counterparts the art of corruption, why wouldn't there be protests?
Ever wondered why Indian army does not intervene in these protests and it is only CRPF, and J&K Police? It is because the army is very clear when these protests erupt as to the reasons of the same. Even if called upon, the government is politely told to shut up.
Its upto you to accept/reject these points. Think logically, you may find some sense in there! Cheers
And the slogan above - we used it as a motto in 90s. Now we have refined it as it is no more required. The balls have been in our hands for sometime now, we just apply pressure once in a while.
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