The macabre game of death, destruction and bloodbath has been going on unabated in Indian held territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Innocent, unarmed and defenseless people of the territory are being killed ruthlessly by the unbridled trigger-happy occupation forces every now and then. As the state-sponsored violence has intensified manifold there seems no end to this reckless game of bloodshed and mayhem in the troubled region. On Sunday May 6 the valley witnessed yet another horrendous and inhuman face of Indian state-terrorism. At least 10 young Kashmiris were killed during operation all out (OAO) launched by Indian army. It was a replica of April 1, when more than 17 youth were killed in a single day and hundreds of civilians were injured as a result of excessive use of bullets and pellets by the occupation forces. Over the past several months the southern districts of Kashmir valley (daubed as new hotbed of militancy) is virtually under a siege, apart from horrendous killings of youth, the civilian population is being harassed, humiliated and terrorized by occupation forces and what is even more disturbing is that this reckless violence being adopted by the Indian State as a preferred course to muzzle the voice of dissent in Kashmir goes unheard and unnoticed at international level. Barring a few condemnation statements no concerted efforts is being made to stop this ceaseless slaughter of youths in the troubled valley. Unfortunately the global community and United Nations in particular have miserably failed to prevent the systematic genocide of Kashmiris. Instead of holding India accountable for its crimes, the world community has been watching this gory death-dance in Kashmir like that of a bystander. Needless to say that the global community’s indifference towards the sufferings of Kashmiris have emboldened and encouraged New Delhi and its armed forces to target the Kashmiri population with greater ferocity. It goes without saying that the deadly conflict on one hand had consumed three consecutive generations of Kashmiris while on the other the Indian state-sponsored-terrorism has torn apart the social fabric of the society besides inflicting massive economic, academic and other losses to Kashmiri nation.
It is time that the international community must wake-up and see how a country that portrays itself as the largest democracy of the contemporary world is killing, maiming and blinding Kashmiris for demanding their birthright, which was guaranteed to them by no less an authority than the United Nations. It is even more appalling that the human rights violations in the restive region are, unfortunately, viewed through the prism of regional politics, which makes the situation even far worse for hapless and marginalized Kashmiris living in the conflict zone. As long as this mode of thinking persists at world level the people of Kashmir will continue to suffer and tension between the two nuclear-armed neighbours will continue to rise as the lingering dispute is and has been center of conflict between them.
While Kashmiris look towards global community’s proactive role in breaking this cycle of vicious violence, it is imperative that the responsible powers from across the globe should discharge their moral, political and legal obligation of responding to the well recorded and widely reported incidents of massive violations of human rights in Indian Occupied Kashmir and make serious efforts to find a lasting solution to the dispute.
Though the New Delhi talks much of returning peace and normalcy in the occupied territory but the problem with the Indian state is that it wants peace of graveyard in Kashmir, the kind of peace when everyone who resists its illegal and forcible control over the territory is dead and buried. But the fact remains that war is not a solution to Kashmir issue, the genuine freedom movements could not be suppressed by the use of force, killing and maiming people and snatching their eyesight, this is perhaps the only lesson that Indian military establishment and policy makers in New Delhi should learn bearing in mind the fact that every bullet fired and every drop of blood shed on the streets of the valley will further cement Kashmiris’ resolve and resistance against Indian rule.
It is time that New Delhi must eschew from its aggressive and oppressive policies and initiate dialogue with Pakistan. In the fast changing regional and global scenario the two countries cannot afford to live in a state of hostility. And there is no alternative to dialogue-the only way forward to end this decades’ long hostility and war-hysteria that has been pushing the region into a quagmire of uncertainty. Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Lt General (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua had rightly pointed out that dialogue between the two states should be adopted as a preferred course of action to seek solution of all disputes peacefully. “Pakistan and India are nuclear powers and both needed to engage each other, resolve disputes and move forward as their tense relationship is having an effect on the whole region”, Janjua said while addressing a seminar in Islamabad. Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa also made an important statement recently wherein he reiterated Pakistan’s quest for a peaceful solution of all disputes including the core issue of Kashmir through dialogue.
While speaking at the 70th foundation day of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry regiment last month Indian Army chief Gen Bipan Rawat said, “The gun was not the solution to Kashmir problem as neither the Army nor the ‘militants’ would achieve their goals through it”. Reading between the lines the statement was seen an indication of apparent shift in Indian military’s policy. Rather than talking much about hot pursuits for bringing peace in the troubled region the Indian General very delicately suggested that the dialogue was the only way forward. So at a time when Indian Army chief admits to the futility of use of force and Pakistan Army chief talks of peace through dialogue there is a dire need that influential governments across the globe should cease the opportunity and persuade the governments of both the countries initiate a meaningful and result-oriented dialogue to find out a just and lasting solution of the lingering dispute.
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