Tag: Counter-terrorism

India-Pakistan ceasefire pact won’t affect counter-terrorism operations in J&K: Indian Army
28Feb By Yusara AskariNo Comments
Asia

India-Pakistan ceasefire pact won’t affect counter-terrorism operations in J&K: Indian Army

The counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir won’t be stopped by the agreement between India and Pakistan to strictly adhere to the ceasefire pact along the Line of Control (LoC), Indian Army’s northern commander Lt Gen Y K Joshi said.“Recently, the Director General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan have announced an agreement to uphold ceasefire along the LoC from February 24 and 25 midnight. I want to assure that this ceasefire will have no bearing on the counter-terrorist operations and we will maintain our alertness,” Lt Gen Joshi said at the northern command investiture ceremony.He said the northern command, which looks after the security of the twin union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, remained on the highest alert and made possible what was
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China uses counter-terrorism as pretext to carry out repressive campaign against Uighurs: US Report
2Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

China uses counter-terrorism as pretext to carry out repressive campaign against Uighurs: US Report

China uses counter-terrorism (CT) as a pretext to detain and carry out a repressive campaign against millions of Uighurs and members of other Muslim minority groups in internment camps in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, a US State Department report has said."The PRC government's CT attention remained on ethnic Uyghur so-called 'extremists' whom Beijing ascribes to the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, despite a lack of evidence that a group by that name is still active. The PRC government shared international concerns regarding other terrorist groups such as al-Qa'ida and ISIS, among others," said the State Department in its Congressional-mandated annual report 2019 Country Reports on Terrorism.The report alleged that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has detained more than one million Uygh...
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