The terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday was biggest. More than 40 CRPF soldiers were martyred in this attack in Goripora near Awantipora on Jammu-Kashmir National Highway. More than 30 soldiers were injured. Most of them are in critical condition. The attack was carried by a local Kashmiri youth militant Adil Ahmed alias Bakas who belonged to the Pakistan operated Jaish-e-Mohammed’s Afzal Guru suicide bomber squad. He rammed his SUV scorpio laden with 320 kg explosives with a CRPF convoy bus full of jawans. Other vehicles in the convoy also sustained severe damage. In the morning, there were 60 vehicles in the CRPF convoy travelling from Jammu with 2547 soldiers . At about three o'clock in the afternoon, as soon as the convoy reached Goripora (Avantipora) on Jammu-Kashmir highway a car rammed into a convoy and suddenly the suicide car driver hit the 54-vehicle bus of the CRPF. There was explosion after the collision and the bus turned in to a skeleton. The noise was heard miles away. Within minutes in span of 100 meters, there were corpse and body parts lying. After ramming the bus terrorists waiting started firing on the convoy. The jawans immediately counter fired but they managed to escape from the spot. Suicidal terrorist Adil was also killed. The car (USB) that collided was driven by militant Adil Ahmed Dar of Jaish-e-Mohammed. The terrorist Adil Ahmed Dar was only 20 years old and he was resident of Kakapora in Kashmir Valley. He joined Jaish terrorist organization in March 2018. He was named Waqas in Jaish's team. His video and photos have come out immediately after the attack. In the video that has surfaced, terrorist Dar is seen armed with sophisticated weapons. After this attack, Jaish-e-Mohammed also released a 10-minute video of terrorist Dar. The cowardly act of terrorists is condemnable. This is also a matter of concern and this attack could have been be avoided? The question is whether it was our intelligence failure? As a result of death of top commanders and their followers, especially close relatives of Masood Azhar by security forces operations, Jaish was plotting for dangerous revenge. Intelligence inputs were also received by the agencies that Jaish could execute the creepy attack. Jaish released a video a month ago. The experts are convinced that the attack was carried out on the lines of Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria infamous terrorist organization Islamic State. Its formal training has also been confirmed. An official said that this is not because of local terrorists, but a big conspiracy on the part of atronage by Pakistan. Security lapses were also there. A suicide bomber can’t be stopped but huge damage could have been avoided if there were not security lapses . For example, when the CRPF convoy was passing on the National Highway why was the movement of civilan vehicles not barred? If civilian traffic was closed at that time, it would not be so easy for Adil Dar to enter a convoy with his scorpio. Generally, when the convoy (2547 jawans) of so many jawan passes through any place, there is a sanitation of all the way. The soldiers are deployed at every 50 yards but it seems that it was not followed properly. The other details will be known only after the inquiry. The convoy of CRPF jawans in Pulwama, where the terrorists attacked, was also huge because the highway was closed for the last four days due to heavy snowfall and bad weather. Would it not be a better option to have airlifted these jawans? This question also arises, how did the terrorists got information about the movements of the CRPF jawans? This information can be from any source. Was there any security personnel (people inside the CRPF or local police) spying for terrorists? Some experts also say that while the terrorists are adopting new methods for the attack, the government still needs to take stringent steps. Officers also say that this loss occurred because of surgical strikes being applauded too much and now taking action immediately is difficult as no surprise is left. It is also reported that the Terrorist bosses have shifted their launch pads deeper into Pakistan. But now the new terrorists have come. Surprises are very important for any strategy. Now, without a surprise, the government will face problems for taking immediate action. If the last time we had not lauded surgical strike too much then we could repeat such actions. Now the terrorists will move back from the border. Terrorist attacks have increased during the tenure of Modi Government. This is the 17th big attack in the last five years. Pakistan took the heads of Shaheed Mandeep and Shaheed Narendra Singh but Modi kept quiet. The ceasefire was violated more than 5000 times, but the government is silent . 448 jawans were martyred in the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, but we have not responded to any such action which would cut the roots of Pakistan and their supporters. The entire country and even the opposition are also demanding that the government take such a step which prevent the sacrifice of our soldiers day after day. The entire opposition is to be appreciated as no one has politicised this issue, Rahul Gandhi's statement is commendable. We want this time to end the root cause of this problem. We must penetrate Pakistan and kill Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba's Masood Azhar and Hafiz Saeed. I know this is not an easy task. Many of our soldiers may be martyred in this operation, but this is still happening. At least we will have the terror heads cut off and it will be an appropriate response.
Anil Narendra
