Terrorist attacks are absolutely condemnable. For its end, intra-country, inter-country and regional unity and common and meaningful commitment are indispensable. The growing tension between India and Pakistan can also be mitigated only through dialogue and solidarity between them.
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Terrorism has never made any positive and constructive contribution to the world. Instead innocent lives have been lost, separation and displacement endured and conflict escalated. 28 people were killed in a terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Among the dead are citizens of India along with Nepal and UAE.
The description of the dead of this attack confirms that terrorist attacks do not only persecute a certain geography, religion or country, but also the human race. A year and a half ago, a Hamas attack in southern Israel killed 1,400 people, including citizens of 38 countries, including Israel.
10 Nepalese students were killed in this attack, while Bipin Joshi, who was kidnapped, has not been rescued yet. Therefore, a terrorist attack in any part of the world is a common problem of the world. To combat this, dialogue, consensus and cooperation between countries is necessary.
In Pahalgam, 28 people including Nepali citizen Sudip Neupane were killed when gunmen attacked the tourists walking in the square known as Switzerland Park. The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow organization of Pakistan's insurgent group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), claimed responsibility for the attack. With the incident, relations between India and Pakistan have become more strained.
India has suspended the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan. Pakistani diplomats have also been declared persona non grata and ordered to leave the country. Pakistan has also suspended all bilateral trade agreements with India. It has also decided to close its airspace to all Indian-owned or Indian-operated airlines.
Developed India-Pakistan tension, how long it will extend, what negative impact it will have on the lives of the citizens of the two countries and the regional peace is a concern today. Because since the partition of 1947, the relations between India and Pakistan have never been cordial. Apart from the conflict in 1947 with partition, both the countries have gone through terrible wars in 1965, 1971 and 1999, which have caused immense economic, social and human losses.
Terrorist attacks have been fueling strained relations between India and Pakistan. Since 2000, there have been about a dozen major terrorist attacks in India, in which India directly blames Pakistan. In 2001, five attackers and four security personnel were killed in an attack on the Indian Parliament building. In 2006, when a train was attacked in Mumbai, 200 civilians were killed and more than 700 were injured.
In 2008, an attack on a busy market in Jaipur left 63 people dead and 200 injured. In the same year, 56 people were killed in simultaneous blasts in 21 places in Ahmedabad and 30 civilians were killed in serial bomb blasts in Delhi. The Mumbai attacks on 26 November 2008, known as 26-11, killed 164 people, including tourists, civilians and security personnel, in dozens of simultaneous attacks.
Even after a decade, terrorist attacks took place in Pathankot, Uri and Nagrota in 2016 alone, in which 6, 19 and 7 Indian soldiers were killed respectively. In 2019, 40 Indian security personnel were killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama. India blames Pakistan for these attacks, Pakistan denies involvement, recriminations and tensions continue to rise. But meaningful dialogue, agreement and peace have not been paved.
Other countries of the world are also suffering from the attacks of terrorist, militant militant groups. Although the cover is religious, ethnic or political issues, innocent citizens including children and women are being targeted by terrorism.
Therefore terrorist attacks are absolutely condemnable. For its end, intra-country, inter-country and regional unity and common and meaningful commitment are indispensable. The growing tension between India and Pakistan can also be mitigated only through dialogue and solidarity between them. These two have spent almost eight decades in war and tension. Instead, whenever they have lived in harmony, even for a short time, it has brought a sense of peace and security. Even now, this is the path that India and Pakistan have to walk.
Only with a common journey and reliable cooperation between them, terrorism will be relaxed quickly. When SAARC, which has objectives such as regional peace, stability and security, is inactive, meaningful initiatives by major organizations like the United Nations are necessary.
