India may consider ‘precision’ strikes inside Pakistan-administered Kashmir if its neighbour doesn’t cooperate in controlling terrorists, a US private intelligence company has said.
“Indian military operations against targets in Pakistan have in fact been prepared and await the signal to go forward,” Austin, Texas-based Stratfor said in a report today, without providing details of its source of information.
Tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours rose last month after terrorists killed 164 people in attacks targeting Mumbai’s main railway station, two five-star hotels, a Jewish centre and a hospital.
India blamed the attacks on “elements” in Pakistan, which then demanded evidence to support the accusation. India is unlikely to risk war by escalating the situation, an analyst said.
“This is an incorrect assessment,” said Ajai Sahni, executive director of the Institute for Conflict Management, a New Delhi-based independent policy research group.
