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Despite the offer of conditional talks to India from Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Pakistan is still supplying arms to militants across the border using drones. Speaking on India-Pakistan relations, General Bajwa had earlier said that it was time to bury the past and move forward.
However, India’s Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy informed the Rajya Sabha that Pakistan was still supplying weapons to militants using drones. The minister also said that the security agencies were investigating the cases and that the government was taking steps to check such supplies.
Since drones can be operated from a safe distance, they can easily be flown to a specific area to deliver weapons into the militants’ hands. Patrolling has been increased and high tech instruments are installed along the India-Pakistan border to check the operations of drones.
After the 2019 abrogation of Article 370 providing special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the number of terror activities has come down heavily, the minister informed the House.
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