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Terror on the road: on the attack on defence forces in Jammu

India needs to rethink (पुनर्विचार करना) its Kashmir strategy (रणनीति) and attitude to Pakistan

In another spectre of violence in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), five soldiers were killed and another critically injured in a terror attack on April 20 in the Rajouri-Poonch Sector, close to the Line of Control (LoC) (नियंत्रण रेखा) in the Jammu division. Preliminary reports have suggested that terrorists — their numbers and affiliations (सम्बन्ध, साझेदारी) are not known immediately — attacked, in inclement weather, an Army vehicle that was on a counter-insurgency patrol (गश्त, चौकसी) between Bhimber Gali-Poonch in the Rajouri sector. The attack also comes at a time when J&K is working diligently (मेहनत से) to host (conduct, organize, arrange (an event)) a G-20 Tourism Working Group (a group of experts working together to achieve specified goals) meeting, in May. Separately, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is likely (संभावित, शायद) to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) (The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China). The SCO currently comprises eight Member States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) and is seen as a counterweight to NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization). It was established as a multilateral association to ensure security and maintain stability across the vast Eurasian region, join forces to counteract emerging challenges and threats, and enhance trade, as well as cultural and humanitarian cooperation) meeting in Goa next month, which has kindled (प्रज्वलित करना, उत्तेजित करना) the possibility of fresh India-Pakistan engagement (association, involvement, participation). The attack raises the question about the management (प्रबंध, प्रशासन) of patrols in sensitive locations in the region which has seen a spike (a sharp rise/increase of something) in militant (extremist, radical, fanatic, hardliner) violence in the recent past, including a terror attack on a village on January 1 this year that left seven civilians (सामान्य नागरिक, असैनिक) dead. The fact that (तथ्य यह है कि) the Army vehicle was on an unaccompanied drive and remained unattended (unguarded, unwatched, left alone; ignored, disregarded, neglected) immediately after the attack is a matter of serious concern.

The images of the Army vehicle on fire (जलता हुआ) and charred (burned and become black (by fire)) bodies have reignited memories of and visuals from the Pulwama attack in 2019. On February 14 that year, a convoy (a group of vehicles or ships that are traveling together usually for protection) of buses with Central Reserve Police Force (The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is the premier central police force of the Union of India for internal security. Originally constituted as the Crown Representative Police in 1939, it is one of the oldest Central para military forces (now termed as Central Armed Police Force). After Independence, the force was renamed as Central Reserve Police Force by an Act of Parliament on December 28, 1949. This Act constituted CRPF as an armed force of the Union) jawans was on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway way in Pulwama’s Lethpora area when a suicide bomber in an explosive-laden car managed to breach (उल्लंघन करना) security. Forty personnel (कार्यकर्ता, कर्मचारी वर्ग) lost their lives in the terror attack that shocked the political class (It refers to the relatively small group of activists that is highly aware and active in politics, and from whom the national leadership is largely drawn), the military establishment (an influential group within a particular field of activity) and the country. With Indian intelligence agencies (a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, and foreign policy objectives) pointing to (indicate, mention, signify) the role of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), India sent its fighter jets across the Line of Control to strike (attack, hit) JeM training camps in Balakot, Pakistan, inflicting (cause, impose, produce (something bad to be experienced by someone/something)) casualties and damaging the terror infrastructure (the basic physical or organisational structure or framework that a country or organization needs in order to function properly. For a whole nation, it includes all the physical systems such as buildings, roads & railways networks, utilities, etc) there. India’s strident (strict, stern, firm, strong, severe) response to cross-border (across a border between two states/countries) terror was noticed internationally, and became a topic of campaign (canvassing, electioneering, an act of soliciting (asking for/requesting) votes; an organized effort that seeks to influence the decision-making progress within a specific group) during the Lok Sabha election soon after. However, terror emanating (emerge, ensue, come out, arise, originate) from Pakistan has failed to ebb, which is evident from the rising violence in J&K over the past three years, especially after the government decided to end the region’s semi-autonomous status on August 5, 2019. Claims (allegation, assertion, contention) on the subject made recently by the then J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik, in interviews, have brought to the fore fresh questions about the intent behind the political class while approaching the issue of terrorism in the country. Perhaps (maybe, possibly, it may be (that)) it is time India reviewed its strategy in Kashmir, including the current freeze (limitation, restriction, stopping, prevention, suspension (on something from being used for a period of time)) on talks (dialogue, discussion, discourse, negotiation, deliberation, consultation, parley) with Pakistan.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.rethink (verb)

Hindi Meaning - पुनर्विचार करना
English Meaning - reconsider, redefine, reevaluate, reexamine, reexplore, review, revisit.

2.strategy (noun)

Hindi Meaning - रणनीति
English Meaning - plan of action (in order to achieve a more expansive set of political, economic, and security interests).

3.Line of Control (LoC) (noun)

Hindi Meaning - नियंत्रण रेखा
English Meaning - it is a 450 mile-long military control line lying between India and Pakistan’s controlled parts of the former (under the British) Jammu and Kashmir. This line is not actually a legally recognized international boundary but prevails as per de facto. After the Simla Agreement signed in July 1972, this line was officially renamed as “Line of Control” from “the Cease-fire Line”.

4.affiliation (noun)

Hindi Meaning - सम्बन्ध, साझेदारी
English Meaning - connection, relationship, association, partnership, attachment, link.

5.patrol (noun)

Hindi Meaning - गश्त, चौकसी
English Meaning - vigil, guard, watch, monitoring.

6.diligently (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - मेहनत से
English Meaning - carefully, attentively, thoroughly, meticulously, painstakingly.

7.likely (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - संभावित, शायद
English Meaning - probably, presumably.

8.kindle (verb)

Hindi Meaning - प्रज्वलित करना, उत्तेजित करना
English Meaning - stimulate, inspire, prompt, encourage, generate.

9.management (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रबंध, प्रशासन
English Meaning - administration, supervision, conduct, handling.

10.civilian (noun)

Hindi Meaning - सामान्य नागरिक, असैनिक
English Meaning - non-military person, ordinary citizen.

11.the fact that (phrase)

Hindi Meaning - तथ्य यह है कि
English Meaning - used to refer to a specific situation under consideration/discussion.

12.matter of concern (phrase)

Hindi Meaning - चिंता का विषय
English Meaning - something which causes worry.

13.on fire (phrase)

Hindi Meaning - जलता हुआ
English Meaning - burning, in flames, blazing.

14.breach (verb)

Hindi Meaning - उल्लंघन करना
English Meaning - break (through), infringe, violate, contravene.

15.personnel (noun)

Hindi Meaning - कार्यकर्ता, कर्मचारी वर्ग
English Meaning - staff, employees, workforce.

16.forces (noun)

English Meaning - troops; armed forces, soldiers.

17.attitude (noun)

English Meaning - position, approach, posture, standpoint, view.

18.spectre (noun)

English Meaning - threat, menace, danger/peril.

19.inclement (adjective)

English Meaning - bad, severe, extreme, harsh, adverse; rainy, snowy, windy, stormy.

20.counter-insurgency (COIN) (noun)

English Meaning - comprehensive political and military efforts taken to simultaneously defeat and contain insurgency/revolt (activities of rebels, guerrillas, etc.) and address its root causes.

21.host (verb)

English Meaning - conduct, organize, arrange (an event).

22.G-20 (noun)

English Meaning - The G20, formed in 1999, is a group of twenty of the world’s largest economies that meets regularly to coordinate global policy on trade, health, climate, and other issues. It brings together the world’s major advanced and emerging economies. The G20 comprises Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, EU, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, UK and USA. The G20 Countries together represent around 90% of global GDP, 80% of global trade, and two thirds of the world’s population.

23.Working Group (noun)

English Meaning - a group of experts working together to achieve specified goals.

24.Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) (noun)

English Meaning - The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China). The SCO currently comprises eight Member States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) and is seen as a counterweight to NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization). It was established as a multilateral association to ensure security and maintain stability across the vast Eurasian region, join forces to counteract emerging challenges and threats, and enhance trade, as well as cultural and humanitarian cooperation.

25.engagement (noun)

English Meaning - association, involvement, participation.

26.spike (noun)

English Meaning - a sharp rise/increase of something.

27.militant (noun)

English Meaning - extremist, radical, fanatic, hardliner.

28.unaccompanied (adjective)

English Meaning - alone, solo, lone, unescorted, unattended.

29.unattended (adjective)

English Meaning - unguarded, unwatched, left alone; ignored, disregarded, neglected.

30.charred (adjective)

English Meaning - burned and become black (by fire).

31.reignite (verb)

English Meaning - evoke, arouse, restore, renew, revive.

32.convoy (noun)

English Meaning - a group of vehicles or ships that are traveling together usually for protection.

33.Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) (noun)

English Meaning - The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is the premier central police force of the Union of India for internal security. Originally constituted as the Crown Representative Police in 1939, it is one of the oldest Central para military forces (now termed as Central Armed Police Force). After Independence, the force was renamed as Central Reserve Police Force by an Act of Parliament on December 28, 1949. This Act constituted CRPF as an armed force of the Union.

34.explosive-laden (adjective)

English Meaning - loaded with explosives; filled with explosives.

35.political class (noun)

English Meaning - It refers to the relatively small group of activists that is highly aware and active in politics, and from whom the national leadership is largely drawn.

36.establishment (noun)

English Meaning - an influential group within a particular field of activity.

37.intelligence (noun)

English Meaning - (military/political) information, facts, details, particulars.

38.intelligence agency (noun)

English Meaning - a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, and foreign policy objectives.

39.point to (verb)

English Meaning - indicate, mention, signify.

40.strike (verb)

English Meaning - attack, hit.

41.inflict (verb)

English Meaning - cause, impose, produce (something bad to be experienced by someone/something).

42.casualty (noun)

English Meaning - victim, fatality, mortality, loss, death.

43.infrastructure (noun)

English Meaning - the basic physical or organisational structure or framework that a country or organization needs in order to function properly. For a whole nation, it includes all the physical systems such as buildings, roads & railways networks, utilities, etc.

44.strident (adjective)

English Meaning - strict, stern, firm, strong, severe.

45.cross-border (adjective)

English Meaning - across a border between two states/countries.

46.campaign (noun)

English Meaning - canvassing, electioneering, an act of soliciting (asking for/requesting) votes; an organized effort that seeks to influence the decision-making progress within a specific group.

47.emanate (verb)

English Meaning - emerge, ensue, come out, arise, originate.

48.ebb (verb)

English Meaning - diminish, decrease, fade away, disappear; it also means recede, retreat, flow back, go out.

49.autonomous (adjective)

English Meaning - self-governing; independent.

50.claim (noun)

English Meaning - allegation, assertion, contention.

51.bring to the fore (phrase)

English Meaning - to become obvious, to become visible, to become noticeable (to public attention); bring into a position of importance; (bring) into a prominent position.

52.perhaps (adverb)

English Meaning - maybe, possibly, it may be (that).

53.freeze (noun)

English Meaning - limitation, restriction, stopping, prevention, suspension (on something from being used for a period of time).

54.talks (noun)

English Meaning - dialogue, discussion, discourse, negotiation, deliberation, consultation, parley.