we provide moral support to freedom fighters and will continue to do so....remember that the Kashmiri liberation movement isn't one single faction. You have Mirwaiz faction who arent even calling for the merger with Pakistan. They all have different strategies, but all are united in their quest to rid Kashmir of the ruthless occupation forces and seek self determination
Great. And we see them becoming less and less relevant each passing year.
cool story...."defang the PA"
Yes. PA must be limited at all costs to its constitutional role. It can not keep usurping the executive's power as it has in the past.
Changes are afoot. You will not see a coup again, and give it some time, PA's threat/influence in the GoP will also start to vane.
we still retain the heights to 5353 which gives us a very nice vantage point in the event of the future war.....
Actually it does not. All the surrounding peaks are held by India which can immediately target 5353.
Secondly, India is
already building a second road, tunneling under a mountain to provide all weather connectivity to that region.
All this basically means that 5353 has no military value. In the future use of 5353 as a vantage point will also cease as India will shift its logistics from the currently single road of that region which is also seasonal to a second all weather road which is under construction which has a good portion tunneled.
Thirdly, in the days of satellite imagery freely available and the likes of atleast India enjoying a lot of remote sensing sats, the need for a post simply to observe a road which has seasonal utility is very diminished.
and quite frankly, there never was a broad "western support" in favour of Pakistan though there are "western" agencies and ruling bodies who are very much cognizant to indias genocide/mass murder of Kashmiris
hence the need for AFSPA and other such draconian measures imposed by the so called "largest democracy"
It will be interesting to see how things pan out, undoubtedly
There were those that bought Pakistan's humanitarian line and mujahid story initially in those days. Fortunately for us as those claims fell through, so did Pakistan's credibility in the world.
And it has been a downhill ride ever since for Pakistan.