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NEW DELHI: Pakistan has accused India of decapitating 12 soldiers in cross-border attacks since 1998 and registered a protest with a UN watchdog, a newspaper reported Wednesday, after deadly army clashes earlier this month.
The accusations are contained in a series of classified documents presented to the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) which monitors the disputed Kashmir border, according to The Hindu newspaper.
The report follows a series of killings of soldiers on both sides earlier this month along the de facto border known as the Line of Control (LoC).
Pakistan says three of its soldiers were killed in firing by Indian troops while India accuses Pakistani troops of killing two of its soldiers on Jan 8, one of whom was beheaded. Pakistan has denied responsibility.
The situation along the LoC has calmed since the two armies agreed a ceasefire on Jan 16.
In its complaint before the UNMOGIP, Pakistan is reported to have accused India of beheading 12 soldiers and killing 29 civilians since 1998.
The newspaper quoted an unnamed senior Pakistani army officer stating that they have “sought to downplay these incidents...Each of these incidents has been protested by us on both military and UNMOGIP channels”.
The UNMOGIP was set up to monitor ceasefire violations by India and Pakistan but the watchdog does not conduct criminal investigations.
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Jan 30, 2013 09:11am
Too late! Were these dead soldiers not important back then and now suddenly they became important. I would rather question why was this not raised to the public before???and why now???
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Jan 30, 2013 02:26pm
The democracy of West, specifically of UK of whom India is still slave.
I remember how people came out last year on roads to demand there tution fee rights, stop the war rights but politician do not care.
Same laws and system does not work everywhere and due to the nature of Indians they do not have anything of there own and they borrow it from West just like current fame but when you go to India, you only find out that how dangrious is for women, poor and Muslims
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Jan 30, 2013 02:33pm
being Pakistani we should ask this question but we should also support any decision which is to safeguard our nation. Asking question that why they didnt investigated earlier is our internal issue but filling complaint should be done and its well done by Pakistan.
Remember we are Muslims and due to our nature we do not have same haterate towards Hindus but they really hate us. Have you ever read there news and comments? you will be supprised to see how much they hate us and how much we Pakistani what there movies that they can use the profit from movies against Pakistan.
it will be good to question your self first before your politician because we have watched their movies, dramas and probably their culture.
Jihad fil Nufs is more important then criticising others
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Jan 30, 2013 01:04pm
Well, both sides are in essence sons of same soil. A slightly better ideology of the govt could manage to improve conditions on the east side of the border, while the west still grapples with its inner problems. May god, if it exists, help the two sides to calm down and work together...
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Jan 30, 2013 01:15pm
When you will come out of state of denial
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Jan 30, 2013 02:57pm
because it is a lie
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Jan 30, 2013 03:11pm
I think you didn't read the whole story and just went on Condemning Pakistan as Indians Always do. Report clearly mentions that these issues were raised then both in flag meetings and with UN. This current report just further highlights the issue. Not Its great that Pakistan have a sense of normality in its military command unlike you guys who always cry like babies and war monger your nation then go back to sleep.
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Jan 30, 2013 03:17pm
If Indian don't take an International Organization then i guess crying like babies in media is helping India big time and Pakistan is happy to show to the world how Indians ruin the peace process everytime just like they did now.
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Jan 30, 2013 03:17pm
Can we, Pakistanis and Indians, stop throwing decapitated heads at each other and claim the moral high ground because one party has claimed lesser no of heads than the other. Its despicable behaviour. Lets condemn it without reservation regardless of who killed whom and by how many.
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Jan 30, 2013 03:29pm
This news was reported by a Indian daily first. Dawn is quoting that news partially.
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Jan 30, 2013 03:32pm
The same matter has been highlighted by burkha Dutt in Hindustan times where a Pakistani soldier head was hang in front of commander office. Shame on Pakistan for not highlighting these atrocities on right time the response is too slow.
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Jan 30, 2013 04:26pm
Show moral courage to Pakistanis! No one can believe you guys.
Where was your moral courage when pakistanis were caught pants down sheltering Osama bin laden.
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Jan 30, 2013 04:27pm
Agree one thousand percent. Pakistani Foreign Office is just a joke.
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Jan 30, 2013 04:40pm
I wonder why Pakistanis don't raise their voice about Pakistan Army not accepting the bodies of their soldiers during Kargil. Was the Pak army really so dumb that they believed that such refusal would hide their role in the war? Soldiers are soldiers dying for their country. Even as an Indian I felt disturbed at the humiliation of Pak soldiers by their own Generals. The Islamic funerals given by the Indian army to these soldiers was well documented.
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Jan 30, 2013 04:47pm
Too Late!!!
Why now!!
Why didn't we this long??
Our reactions are too slow!!
Were these dead soldiers not important back then?
Above are the comments/question put up by fellow Pakistani and rightly so. The answer to all of these is in the fact that Pakistan has always made up stuff to retaliate back to India.
I still remember when Pakistani's gave list of 10 wanted pakistani living in India in 2000. it had LK Advani's name on it for an act against which the FIR was supposedly registered before 1947.
I wonder why Pakistanis get so easily fooled by Pakistani Govt., agencies etc. Pakistanis are do naive!!!
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Jan 30, 2013 04:54pm
It takes time to lie
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Jan 30, 2013 05:05pm
why is this news items put up.... if our pakistani army is so innocent, why do they ask politicians to support them,, what about baluchi nationals which have disapperaed.... we cant have law for one person and another for other......we are fools living in a fools paradise
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Jan 30, 2013 10:09am
Good move by Pakistan to raise this point at an appropriate level rather than acting hystarically like indians. I first saw this news item, some 2 hours ago and was waiting moral courage of the indians through their comments. Unfortunately, none has, until 3:09pm
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Jan 30, 2013 09:46am
The original report came in The Hindu tells the Pak side allegations. Even those uninvestigated allegations are believed to be retaliatory measures, for killings done by Pak side, though both killings are unjust and unwanted. Just, adding the other side which was ignored while re-reporting the news here. India does not seem to take UNMOGIP seriously, so they donot seem to bother to report their side of complaints there.
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Jan 30, 2013 09:48am
About time Pakistan spoke up about Indian atrocities! Why were these barbaric acts downplayed? The more accommodating pakistan is with the Indians, the worse their aggression becomes. It is high time to give Indians a tast of their own medicine.
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Jan 30, 2013 09:48am
Beheading is common punishment in Islamic states not in democratic India.
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Jan 30, 2013 01:37pm
It was not raised to the public earlier, because our Strategists, Politicians and Military leaders are basically inept and that is why Pakistan is such an unpopular country. Pakistan has failed to present its case and its position to the World time and again and now our reputation is in taters.
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Jan 30, 2013 10:03am
Now the trend has started 'eye for and eye' 'head for head' Its gotta stop
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Jan 31, 2013 11:21am
Yes, we are slaves, because we have copied their democratic institutions, their concept of rule of law, equality for all, justice for all. Show us the way forward Pakistan. Take us into your fold and lead us to the Islamic utopia of the 13th century. As you can see, the rest of the world has already lined up to be led by you into the light.
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Jan 31, 2013 11:17am
My friend, you are falling for the oldest Pakistani trick in the book. In the past they have claimed that India sends terrorists across the border, that Indian spies are causing bomb blasts across Pakistan, that India is fomenting trouble in Afghanistan - basically every single thing that India accuses them of. They have made a science out of reversing others' accusations and throwing them back. Add repeated denials of every single thing that the world accuses them of, and you have a potent deniability machine, which has been the hallmark of Pakistani geopolitics for the past 65 years.
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Jan 31, 2013 03:25pm
An idea to Pakistani Diplomats. Please add another twist that it has been indian army beheading its own troops as well as pakistani army's troops. Pakistani army has been so disciplined.. restrained.. innocent and docile that they have been at the receiving end from india right from independence. Indians defeated and mutilated them in three wars and they kept asking for help from UN but none came on time. Pakistanis are a tortured lot and need british and US intervention immediately to take over security of their nation.
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Jan 31, 2013 03:23pm
Of course you will not accept this but ask people of Afghanistan when they were fighting Soviet, India was Soviet's friend and now when NATO is in Afghanistan, you are NATO friend. at the end you are friend of those who wants to destroy our brother country Afghanistan. Whole of your life India had a bad eye towards Muslims and Pakistan but you will not accept this because people like you are classified as deaf, blind and don't understand in Quran.
I guess we all can say that India denies everything that Pak and Afghan say. when i say Afghan that does not mean Karzai who is bad stamp on Pashtoon and Afghan nation.
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Jan 31, 2013 03:49pm
well done Assad.
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Jan 31, 2013 01:10am
Only truth can be spontaneous.
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Jan 31, 2013 09:05am
You are right. We seem to like competing on negativities.
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Jan 31, 2013 07:38am
There is another news there in todays Dawn "Kargiis was 4 man show" and clearly stated that Pakistan was cross the LOC and entered in India .....now you decise who should accused whom?
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Jan 31, 2013 03:12pm
One is being honest in their assessment and other is not. Down is Pakistan news paper and they being honest about it. So i will believe on who is being honest rather then who is making too much noise. We know how much Indian make noise without any soul
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Jan 30, 2013 01:41pm
So pakistanis were sleeping from 1998 !!!
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Jan 30, 2013 01:54pm
These incidents were highlighted, all incidents were raised at official levels, the record of those official meetings was presented to UN observers, Pakistan is not presenting fake record to UN observers, Pakistani media do not feed on bias and war mongering like the recent trends in indian media.
People seems to be hell bent on defending the war crimes they have done will come up all different excuses like
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Jan 30, 2013 02:03pm
I read this report early in the morning before I had my first cup of tea. All day I
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Jan 30, 2013 02:25pm
Why is it a joke? Just because you are being shown that you have done these ghastly acts before and on a fairly regular basis?
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Jan 30, 2013 08:50am
lol what a joke.
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Jan 30, 2013 08:51am
Pakistan Army should have presented the figures from 1947 onwards. It would have made bigger impact
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Jan 30, 2013 11:16am
If this is true then shame on pakistan for not highligting the issue on the right time,in a right way and dishonouring its soldier by hiding this incident.(atleast learn smthng frm india)
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Jan 30, 2013 09:04am
These be-heading might have been done by some "birds" or "inclement weather"
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Jan 31, 2013 03:14pm
Mr Khan, same on you to put same on your mother land. Same on politician and people who elected them like you.
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Jan 31, 2013 08:15am
This is the usual lies pakistanis say when caught off-guard and to substantiate made the count as 12 as well. Except poor brainwashed pakistanis, Whole world knows how convincingly Pakistan tells lies initially and each time get exposed.
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Jan 30, 2013 12:35pm
Our reactions are too slow
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Jan 30, 2013 02:30pm
Why is rape so prevalent in democratic India?
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Jan 30, 2013 10:44am
This is perfect example of from sublime to ridiculous. After such a mature response to India media bashing Pakistan why such nonsense! Come on grow up! were you sleeping when they beheaded soldiers and why now? This is like another guilty conscious step! did we forget Advani was considered as an absconder in retaliation of list given by India?
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Jan 30, 2013 01:18pm
So, you are admitting that Pakistan and the world is dealing with hostile con.
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