The one thing I learnt of terrorist organisations through many years of study on paper and ground is their penchant for the big message, the unexpected and the out-of-proportion effect. Foreign terrorists in their heyday in Kashmir would always do a rogue act to announce their arrival in a given area. The Nandimarg, Wandhama and the Chittisinghpura massacres bear testimony to this. The Pulwama attack on 14 February 2019 was similarly planned to revive a dying movement and make it relevant. The Islamic State (IS) started the run of big terror acts in Europe within a short time of the commencement of the migrations from Syria and North Africa. Recent migration in great numbers has taken place as part of the airlift from Kabul to the US, Canada and Europe; many would be unverified individuals forcing long detentions for verification, protests by human rights organisations and release of many unverified cases. So is it long before we may witness something big, anywhere in the world from any of the plethora of terrorist organisations located in Afghanistan? There is further rationale for this belief.
LT GEN SYED ATA HASNAIN, Former Commander, Srinagar-based 15 Corps. Now Chancellor, Central University of Kashmir
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