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Uri Attack: Revenge of the Soldiers who were Martyred

Uri's attack has been considered harmful for the security forces in Kashmir for two decades. The terrorist Jaish-E-Mohammed was involved in the planning and work of this attack. The people of Kashmir valley were very restless at the time of the attack.

BACKGROUND

Terrorists launched high-profile fidayeen attacks against India's forces: In July 2015, three terrorists attacked a bus and a police station in Gurdaspur, and then in 2016, 4 to 6 terrorists were attacked at the Air Force Station in Pathankot. The Indian authorities made a humble note to Jaish-E-Mohammad for this attack. 

Since the assassination of the people and a popular terrorist leader, Burhan Wani, on July 8, 2016, the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir was going through a fear of restlessness. Because of this murder, the people of Kashmir staged anti-picked demonstrations against the Indian government, due to which recently anti-India was considered as the biggest protest demonstration against India.

ATTACK

On 18 September 2016, around 5:30 am four terrorists attacked the Big Army headquarters of the Indian Army in Uri near the control line in the previous ambush.  It is believed that the terrorists fired 17 grenades in just 3 minutes. A rear administrative base camp with tents also caught fire and 17 Indian Army personnel were killed in the attack. Apart from this, 20-30 soldiers were also injured. This fight lasted for about 6 hours, in which all four terrorists were killed. The search operation was continued and additional terrorists were thought to be alive.

SURGICAL STRIKE

The officers who were martyred in the battle were from the 10th Battalions, Dogra Regiment, and 6th Battalions, Bihar Regiment. One of the wounded soldiers died on 19 September at RR Hospital in Delhi, after which the other wounded soldier also died on 24 September.

It is being said that non-fire retardant infestations were mainly caused by the tents. It was a time of the military battle in which 6 Bihari soldiers were to replace 10 Dogra soldiers. Some soldiers are kept in tents, which protect them in areas around the LOC such as Uri. The terrorists entered the camp of heavy security and they knew that they had to attack. The soldiers who worked in the kitchen along with the slain soldiers and the barber were accomplished by the support staff.

CONSEQUENCE

On 19 September 2016, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar, Chief of Army Staff Dalbir Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, and Other officials of the Ministry of Defense met for the investigation of security in Kashmir and especially for the LOC in the areas. The National Investigation Agency filed the first information report regarding the attack and on 20 September 2016, the police of Jammu and Kashmir started investigating this case.

Pakistan International Airlines closed flights to Kashmir on 21 September 2016 after the attack. After the attack in Uri, the security around the army base was increased, while on the LOC, India, and Pakistan had put a high alert on both sides to avoid the attack.

POSTPONED OF SAARC SUMMIT

Because of the terrorist attack, India refused to attend the 19th SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION REGIONAL COOPERATION (SAARC) Summit to be held in Islamabad, Pakistan's territory, in November. The Minister of External Affairs issued a statement saying, " India has cautioned Chairman Nepal at the SAARC conference that in this region, terrorists are crossing the country's border and a country intervenes in the internal affairs of the member countries, creating such an atmosphere but in November 2016, it is not conducive for the successful organization of the 19th SAARC Conference in Islamabad." The statement also said," In the current circumstances, the Indian government is unable to attend the SAARC Conference in Islamabad."

In the absence of India at the SAARC conference in Islamabad, Pakistan's Foreign Office termed its inclusion as unfortunate and said," The whole world knows the excuse of India that India is ending and financing terrorism." In this statement of Pakistan, Indian national leader Kulbhushan Jadhav was taken under surveillance by Pakistan on the charge of spying, and on Pakistan's interference in India, it was a violation of international law.

After this, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Bhutan refused to attend the Islamabad summit. On 30 September 2016, Pakistan said that the summit meeting to be held in Islamabad on 9 and 10 November will be held on the same date.

INDIA VENGEANCE

INDIA VENGEANCE

Eleven days after the attack, on 28 September, the Indian Army in Pakistan-administered Kashmir the "launch pads" used by the terrorists for the attack were described as a "surgical strike". DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MILITARY OPERATIONS (DGMO) Lt. General Ranbir Singh said that Pakistan retaliated against terrorists who were trying to infiltrate and attack terrorists in different places in Jammu and Kashmir. The economist seeing the Indian report said that the operators of the Indian Science Olympiad Foundation crossed the control line and got there and killed about 150 Pakistan-sponsored trees. Pakistani officials termed the Indian claims as false and said that India had never crossed the control line.

After the attack in Uri, INDIAN MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION (IMPPA) banned Pakistani actors and actresses working in India. Bollywood actors were separated from this with a ban, but some people also raised questions on this matter. Announced the India TV channel Zindagi to be aired on Pakistani TV shows. The Pakistani government responded in October by banning all Indian television and radio programming in Pakistan.

BILATERAL BOYCOTT

The BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA (BCCI) refused to revive bilateral cricket with Pakistan shortly as the national governing body for cricket in India. BCCI takes INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL (ICC) keeping in mind the ongoing tension between the two countries India and Pakistan refused to bring cricket teams together in international tournaments. In solidarity with the government's diplomatic objection with Pakistan, The Badminton Association of India, the governing body for badminton, banned the Pakistan International  Series to be held in Islamabad in October.

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