Their belief was that the Muslims comprise the oppressed sections of the world and the oppressors are the non-Muslims or the infidels. [...] In 1989, the security forces were given the task of “direct liquidation of the insurgents and their support base within Kashmir and the elimination of support of all kinds, especially of the influx of the armed insurgents, from sources outside the state”.6 The Army was never the first option for the government. [...] When the RR disrespects the laws of armed conflict and the terrorists abide by them, the pay-off is just the reverse, 3 for the RR and 0 for the terrorists (3,0). [...] Attempts are to “peace and always made for adequate integration of the local stability” in Jammu police forces with the Rashtriya Rifles so that the and Kashmir is police forces’ capabilities are upgraded and the “immeasurable” local people do not consider it to be a war between and the force has the Indian government and the terrorists. [...] With the success of the Rashtriya Rifles in Kashmir, the Home Ministry has persuaded the Union Cabinet to deploy the force even in the Naxal affected areas of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra.
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