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Module - VI
Armed Forces in Internal Security
Armed Forces and itss
Role in Internal Security and terrorists operating in the region and protecting India's citizens and its integrity.
However, the dynamics of the Indian armed forces involvement in these operations
are significantly different due to the nature of the origin of the insurgency in these
specific regions.
Let us see the figure below to understand the dual role of the Indian Armed Forces in
the fight against insurgency and terrorism.
Note

Fig 18.1 Dual Role Indian Armed Forces in Counter Insurgency/ Counter Terrorism

18.1.1 The Direct Role
The Indian Army has been playing a direct role in fighting insurgency and terrorism in
J & K and the Northeastern States for decades. This is despite the fact that the Army
is a force that is raised and trained primarily to protect India from external threat.

However, the reason for Army's direct involvement in these volatile regions is because
there is enormous amount of external involvement in abetting and supporting the
insurgency with the intent to cause social unrest in India. The situation is such that the
CAPF can not maintain peace & deal with the insurgants. In J&K our hostile neighbour
to the west i.e. Pakistan mainly instigates the problem of insurgency and terrorism.
For over three decades the terrorist operating in Kashmir are being provided direct
assistance for their activities in J&K. Pakistan has organised terrorist camps situated
in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK). Pakistan provides following assistance to the
terrorists:

• Training camps for newly recruited terrorists,
• Provide launchpads for carrying out terrorist attacks across the border on the

Indian Soil.
• Terrorists are provided arms ammunition communication equipment for their
operation in J&K.

Hence, for countering this menace of cross border terrorism in J& K the Army has
been taked with bring peace to the state by reducing the violence.

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