Sending one more security force to Kashmir is unlikely to make any positive change in the valley.
Jammu and Kashmir is like a patient in critical care with too many doctors in atten-dance and nobody knowing what to do. The diagnoses have so far been wrong, and the treatment counterproductive. On May 16, the Centre announced a suspension of operations by security forces during the month of Ramadan. But, just a week earlier it had cleared a proposal to deploy yet another security force in the valley, which is already one of the most heavily militarised zones in the world. The National Security Guard (NSG), the latest entrant into Kashmir, will be the tenth security force in the state.
The Union home ministry cleared the decks for sending NSG commandos to the valley after consulting various stakeholders, including the state police. The NSG will be part of the existing security grid in the state. But, unlike the other forces, that have been given specific areas of responsibility on the ground, the NSG will be a mobile force in the grid to assist the state police in counterterror operations. A primary task in its charter of duties will be training SWAT (special weapons and tactics team) and QRT (quick reaction team) of the state police and the Central Reserve Police Force.
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