Areesh
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May their souls rest in peace!
What I can't understand: Aren't there SOPs that lay down procedures for securing stretches of roads to be used by the Forces whilst moving in convoys? There have been a number of ambushes in Balochistan and other areas where soldiers have died. The same goes for the CRPF men who were being killed at regular intervals in Maoist hit areas whilst moving in convoys.
There is a procedure called, 'Road Opening' where troops take up positions at varying distances, depending on the terrain, along the entire route before the movement of convoys. If this procedure was being followed, then such ambushes could have been avoided, saving the lives of troops.
I don't think our military doesn't believe in such tactics. Or they don't care about soldier's life. That's why they didn't send any reinforcements in this hours long fight. Who cares if some soldier from some poor family dies in some part of Pakistan.