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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | India to pull 10,000 troops from Kashmir

India to pull 10,000 troops from Kashmir

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published Published on Feb 13, 2011   modified Modified on Feb 13, 2011
India plans to withdraw 10,000 paramilitary troops from Kashmir in 2011 and renew efforts to hold talks in the rebellion-hit Himalayan region, a top government official said Sunday.

A separatist insurgency has raged in Kashmir for 20 years and at least 114 people died in street protests last summer in pitched battles with security forces.

"I think this year we can easily take out 10 battalions (10,000 personnel), if not more," Indian Home Secretary Gopal Pillai told the Press Trust of India news agency.

"Irrespective of the situation, I can take out 10 battalions and it would not have any impact."

There are currently 70,000 paramilitary troops in Indian Kashmir plus 100,000-150,000 army soldiers.

Many state politicians in Kashmir believe their huge presence has fuelled recent deadly violence.

"There are more than adequate forces in Kashmir and it can do with less central forces," Pillai, the home ministry's top civil servant, said.

"You have to start talking to other people and get fresh ideas so I think we have to reach out to the people of Kashmir."

Security forces opening fire at separatist demonstrations have triggered a cycle of violence in Kashmir over recent summers, and the government in New Delhi is keen to calm tensions in the year ahead.

The Economic Times, 13 February, 2011, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/india-to-pull-10000-troops-from-kashmir/articleshow/7487381.cms


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