Pakistan's treatment of slain troops 'inhuman': India

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NEW DELHI: The Pakistani army's treatment of two Indian soldiers who were killed along the border in Kashmir was “inhuman”, Indian Defence Minister A K Antony said on Wednesday.

“Pakistan army's action is highly provocative. The way they treated the dead body of the soldiers, Indian soldiers, is inhuman,” he said after reports and military sources said one of the troops had been beheaded on Tuesday.

“We will convey our protest to the Pakistan government and our DGMO (director general of military operations) will talk to his counterpart in Pakistan. They are closely monitoring the situation,” he told reporters.

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shuaib

Jan 09, 2013 10:28am

You certainly need more learning and not "enlightening"

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Kokobu

Jan 09, 2013 09:44am

What about when America bombs our soldiers and it turns out to be a mistake. Nobody asks any questions then. No one protests either.

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Vinayak

Jan 09, 2013 08:49am

who says humans lives in Pakistan...

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Manoj

Jan 09, 2013 09:40am

Y you Pakistanis are this much cruel ?

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Amin Hussain

Jan 09, 2013 09:40am

If it was cross border firing, how did the Pakistani army manage to get their hands on the bodies of Indian soldiers?

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Abdullah Hussain

Jan 09, 2013 10:11am

Just when the relationship sees a positive development there comes an irritant to derail the peace process. Pakistan army will never do such thing. There should be a thorough investigation to know the facts. It was first reported that Indian troops opened indiscriminate firing on Pakistan troops now it is Indian blaming the same on Pakistan troops. Conducting of India Pakistan cricket series in India was not digested by some quarters in India. Can there be a link between the two

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Jan 09, 2013 08:40am

I am an Indian and I visited Lahore in 2005. I was pleasantly surprised to see the love and hospitality of local Pakis. I can also vouch for most of our Indians who would never want such sort of border incidents. It's sad to read about such incidents happening along LOC. I must admit that sometimes I feel these are just political propaganda. It shows how distant we civilians are from our governments.

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who cares

Jan 09, 2013 09:07am

What about killing of Pakistani Jawan, I guess that does not appear in a foreign funded dawn

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asad

Jan 09, 2013 09:24am

Come on man...First day the news was the Indian army killed 3 pakistanis and now india is coming back with this rubbish... both governments are lying to people blatantly in midst of pending elections...

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Edwardian

Jan 09, 2013 09:16am

In your view the government took this action and not the Army. Bear in mind the govt , army relations?

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shuaib

Jan 09, 2013 09:22am

beta... this is beyond your immagination. kids have better understanding than you are anticipating.

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Guru

Jan 09, 2013 03:17pm

getting killed in cross border firing is still understanable.. but beheading a dead body shows the character of the pak army.

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aku

Jan 09, 2013 10:08am

If defending the nation against Taliban is bad, then Indian Army has a much longer history of tyranny.

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Imran

Jan 09, 2013 02:27pm

Yep, typical Indian response. You go man.

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shuaib

Jan 09, 2013 03:16pm

You were actually sleeping when indians killed a Pakistani soldier on sunday. What a HIPOcracy and petty indian minds

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shuaib

Jan 09, 2013 03:17pm

tit for tat!!

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deepu

Jan 09, 2013 11:25am

You deserve to be confined in Urdu Media.

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Jan 09, 2013 02:13pm

by looking at your comments, looks like nobody is in control

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Imran

Jan 09, 2013 02:14pm

And Bhattacharya your point is? I mean the taliban were actually beheading Pakistani citizens, so what should the army do, award them?

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murali

Jan 09, 2013 05:59am

Isn't there enough mess within the Pakistan border?

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umesh

Jan 09, 2013 06:05am

Beaheading the head and taking it along .. is inhuman !!!

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shuaib

Jan 09, 2013 06:06am

Look who is talking what....."inhuman".

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ahmed

Jan 09, 2013 06:08am

pakistan should not do these type of things. recently India have allowed pak cricket team to visit india but pak did not learn any lesson from the past.

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Rao

Jan 09, 2013 06:12am

What can you expect from an Army which works with jihadis?

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Shankar

Jan 09, 2013 06:20am

I think he is pretty close..some of the Indian politicians better be clear in their mind that the guys accross the borders are indeed not 'human'. Also occassional actions like these from the Pakistanis are actually good in clearing some Hindu minds about dreaming of 'normal' relationship. Instead of throwing civilised jargons picked up from western world ie 'unacceptable behaviour' , 'inhuman' and crying like a little girl, the Hindus should focus on paying these guys back in their own currency..thats the only trade they will acknowledge.

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omer khan shaheen

Jan 09, 2013 06:25am

AND!!! it starts again. So what's on the agenda table this time.

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shivkediak

Jan 09, 2013 06:27am

at some point india will be forced to react which willmark our return to stone age for which pakistan will be mainly responsible

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sham

Jan 09, 2013 06:28am

Keep protesting... no one is listening

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Kris

Jan 09, 2013 06:40am

seems like another kargil war is on the agenda table..remember it started with mutilating Indian soilders..

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raika45

Jan 09, 2013 06:41am

Has it occurred to the Indians that the attackers might not have been Pakistani soldiers but dressed as one.I doubt that the Pakistani force will stoop to such low levels.

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Nuisance

Jan 09, 2013 06:41am

Agenda is Pakistan can never be trusted! At least Pakistan should try to be good enemy if can not be friend.

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Divakar

Jan 09, 2013 08:24am

But who will convince the spineless,shameless,worthless and disgustiong Indian government?

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Ahmed Sultan (India)

Jan 09, 2013 06:51am

Peace process should not start till Pakistan stops doing stuffs like this.

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Khan

Jan 09, 2013 07:04am

To prove that Indians are the most innocent nation on earth.

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shuaib

Jan 09, 2013 07:05am

Indian Defence Minister forgot to mention that Sunday's attack by indian soldiers was "humane"!!!

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deepakoomar

Jan 09, 2013 07:09am

Not much! The Indian government would at best call the envoy and have a nice coffee... it doesn't seem to able to do more.

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Vivek Sehgal

Jan 09, 2013 07:10am

Now all that is left is for the Indian Govt: to declare that they have a Barbarian neighbourhood in the west.......

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aliya

Jan 09, 2013 07:11am

There are enough domestic problems in Pakistan so government want to shift the main focus of common people from corruption and domestic violence to India .Even a small kid can understand this tactics.

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alex pandian

Jan 09, 2013 07:12am

Come On Indian Army. You can do better than this rather than crying from a roof top. This is a matter of pride and honour for the Indian Army which anyway is least appreciated by the Cong Government. So my suggestion will be for you to send a Gorkha into their territory and he will come back with a Pak head; send an Assamese and he will come back with their heart and finally send the Madrasi and he will come back with their Genitals. Thats it. Matter solved and both the armies can go to their bunkers.

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raja hindustani

Jan 09, 2013 07:18am

Aren't we fool who expect human treatment from country like pakistan..?? Aur karo aman ki asha..!!!

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KIishen Narayan

Jan 09, 2013 07:18am

Too sad. Hope this does'nt lead to a skirmish. Kishen

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Sherry Manzoor

Jan 09, 2013 07:20am

Until yesterday, the Indians claimed unprovoked fire by the Pakistani side. Their response resulted in one Pakistani soldier dead and another seriously wounded. Today, they are crying over the inhumane treatment of the Indian soldiers at the hands of the Pakistani side. How exactly did the Indian soldiers ended up in Pakistani hands as a result of long range artillery fire. Did the Indians enter Pakistan? Yes, they did. What did they expect would happen to them if they were caught ?

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Rajesh

Jan 09, 2013 07:21am

no point in talking and lodging protest. the fittest reply is that attack the Pakistani post, from where their slodiers came, and capture that, as India did in siachin

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Aftab Siddiqi

Jan 09, 2013 09:09am

Pakistan Army also need to leave in peace and they are at peace when they are at war.. Nothing surprising , they haven't spared their own country made it a battleground so what can India expect from them.

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C Bhattacharya, INDIA

Jan 09, 2013 08:00am

Hats off to your conclusion about Pakistani force...You must have forgotten what Pakistani Army troops did to Talibans in SWAT after Taliban Uprising about 2 years back...

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Bashir Mirza

Jan 09, 2013 08:19am

What were the Indian soldiers doing on Pakistani territory??

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Akmal

Jan 09, 2013 12:15pm

People on both sides need to understand the timing of these border clashes. Armies on both sides get huge disproportionate amounts from the national budget because of the whole 'Enemy at the gates' scenario. Every time the political and cultural ties seem to head towards normalization these clashes take place. Maybe the Indians did fire, or maybe the Pakistanis tortured the Indian soldier. The only thing that surprises me is the timing of it all. As expected patriots from both sides start chanting slogans and the debate is over.

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Alex(Washington)

Jan 09, 2013 12:30pm

its high time for india to continue showing restraints on the affairs with pakistan.. i think they have given enough olive branches all this while with no trusted reciprocation from the other side.. looks to me that another kargil is on card and we all know what was the result and how humiliated pakistan was on the international front.. if they can't help themselves, least can india do.... as much as i respect indians official stance on its affairs with pakistan i somehow feel that they should have little bit of Israelite attitude in dealing with their western neighbour... fear can go a long way.

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shuaib

Jan 09, 2013 01:52pm

N we are more cruel than this. Only and only if Y indians behave like you behaved on sunday

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SOS

Jan 09, 2013 01:55pm

Manoj, get real....if common people are going to be swayed by govt. accusation there is no hope. Both the govt. are capable of concocting stories... as certain segments within military benefits from conflicts, we need to rise above the petty accusations and find reasons for peace and not war...

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Imran

Jan 09, 2013 02:30pm

Raja Sb, thats exactly what the perpetrators of this crime wanted you to say. As a Pakistani I am shocked by this cruelty but i am also certain that regular Pak army troops were not behind this barbaric act. Time will tell. But if the peace process goes into reverse gear then they have already succeeded.

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Imran

Jan 09, 2013 03:01pm

Umesh, I dont think anybody is disputing that! BTW only the head can be beheaded. The legs or hands cannot be beheaded.

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Thinker

Jan 10, 2013 10:42am

I hope your cruelty will help you solve your internal problems. Because Indians are not here to demean anyone but yeah our army is in govt control and they are very proud. If indian army would have been like pakistani army this would not have been 60years long enmity.

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shuaib

Jan 09, 2013 03:31pm

You certainly are fools, no doubt. You first kill a Pakistani soldier and then getting burnt, start crying...not only fools but cry babbies too

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Paras Dilliwaala

Jan 09, 2013 04:03pm

Pakistan Army knows if India-Pakistan relations become all rosy their relevance at home will become nil. So they will never stop unprovoked ceasefire violations!

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Rahul

Jan 09, 2013 04:35pm

Just a thought, its very sad but after reading NFP, i think like him or may be i was thinking like him and he got influenced :) !! Today end of play, if there is any mechanism to count number of people killed on South Asia's transport system like Roads, trains etc, due to fire or otherwise other hazards like terror activities. Or for that matter take a average of all the deaths in South Asia which occur every rainy season, how many people on an average get killed over a period of year? Now look at the number of soliders getting killed in cross border fire, is it worth discussion, i leave it to u all people !!!

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Omar

Jan 10, 2013 01:46am

What were Indian soldiers doing inside Pakistani territory?

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Adil Jadoon

Jan 10, 2013 02:43am

Fear can go a long way! huh???????

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Adil Jadoon

Jan 10, 2013 02:44am

Oh grow up. No one knows the facts.

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thomas

Jan 10, 2013 03:31am

whether the accusation of beheading is true or not much of the world will believe its true if the accused are muslims. Ironically, It is not too dissimilar from Pakistanis being predisposed to believing a nonmuslim has blasphemed if they have been so accused..

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Ram

Jan 10, 2013 05:13am

Surprised!...should have played the stunt before cricket to cancel....but mony involved

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Jan 10, 2013 09:13am

Wow..such hate for your neighbour...this kind of hate will only hurt you in the end...learn to love other

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REALITy

Jan 10, 2013 12:04pm

Pakistan attack on Indian army was a reprisal to latter

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siddhant5480

Jan 10, 2013 04:10pm

And were you sleeping when the Pakistanis killed 2 Indians 5 days before a Pakistani died

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Neo

Jan 10, 2013 08:19am

thats expected from the followers of the religion of peace.. this is what you are stacked up since your childhood..

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Neo

Jan 10, 2013 08:25am

yes fear can surely go a long way.. that small nation has created fear in the heart of all the muslim nations.. their fearsome attitude and their retaliation to strikes on their home land and people is well known.. perhaps india should take a leaf out of their book and that's exactly what i believe Alex is suggesting...

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Md Imran

Jan 10, 2013 05:11pm

Well said, Shuaib ! AoA ! Lets show them who's the boss !

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Daniel

Jan 10, 2013 10:24am

Great sense of humour. See.... for pakis beheading, killing is all a joke..

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pragmatic

Jan 10, 2013 10:28am

write a novel dude u hav a good imagination...u could be the next J K rowling

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vandematram

Jan 10, 2013 10:31am

Just a thought....pl check if any of the drones have killed some more in your country and by the way, do you keep a count of no. of killed so far....may be not, because any which ways your people are a liability on you and not assets. I pity your country

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aku

Jan 10, 2013 10:44am

I see some very disturbing comments on this post from both sides. Just goes to show the kind of intolerance we have on both sides of the border. Whatever happened on sunday with Pakistani and Indian soldiers is sad. Whatever misunderstanding that led to this incident must not happen again. We all know how brutal our societies can be (Delhi rape or Shahzeb killing). Atleast the educated class should show a little bit more maturity and tolerance. Shame on all you guys who would just like to score a point, even over this.

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Md Imran

Jan 10, 2013 01:39pm

So a soldier's death should go in vain ? And his supreme sacrifice of safegaurding your well being is just another statistic ? Boy ! No wonder your country is the way it is !

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raja hindustani

Jan 10, 2013 07:10pm

If that is the case why your govt is in denial mode..?? accept your army bravery then...!!!

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Sam

Jan 10, 2013 02:10pm

so basically you are justifying the cowardly and inhuman act done by your soldiers and actually accepting what they did.. i think if he was killed(if he really was) then it was due to the cross border firings which was from both sides.. could have happen to any indian soldier too.. its unfortunate that the poor pakistani soldier got in the line of the firing.. however what pakistani soldiers did was shameful.. they attacked a patrol party in the dark, went all the way across the LOC to the indian side, beheaded the martyred soldiers and took one of the severed head with them as trophy.... you should be thankful that israel is not your neighbor.

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Sam

Jan 10, 2013 02:20pm

are you really so naive... just turn around history pages on the kargil fiasco and you will know what exactly was done and why it got all started... pakistan went across the LOC, killed and mutilated the indian soldiers and took the heads with them as souvenirs.... thats when india retaliated and we all know how pakistan was humiliated.

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siddhant5480

Jan 10, 2013 04:08pm

Just for your information, India has never done this to any Pakistan soldier, even during 1971 and 1999 Kargil, India buried all the dead bodies of Pakistani troops with respect. Fight like a warrior, you get respected like one, that is what Indians believe in.

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