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Last Updated: Apr 06, 2021, 03:12 PM IST
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The doyen of deterrence theory, Thomas Schelling had written in 1966 that “brute force of adversaries cancels each other but pain and grief do not.” Herein lies the crux of what hurts someone and has a positive follow-on effect, and what does not.
A file image of anti-naxal ops beginning in Maharashtra
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The terrible loss of 22 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) jawans in Chhattisgarh is a grim reminder of the grey zone warfare ongoing since decades. In the early 1980s my father was the additional collector of Kanker, now the ground zero of the insurgency. And we made two visits there and the surrounding areas; how peaceful it was, with visits to scenic places thrown in. Peaceful? Or so we thought. When the insurgency exploded in our face a decade or so later, I asked him how it had reached such a stage.
Naxal attacks that shook the nation in last few years ANI | Updated: Apr 04, 2021 18:17 IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Despite the Centre s effort to curb the Naxal movement in the country, a large number of security force personnel lose their lives in attacks by Naxalites every year. Here is a list of Naxal attacks that shook the nation over the last few years.
At least 22 security personnel lost their lives in Chhattisgarh s Bijapur Naxal attack on Saturday. 22 security personnel have lost their lives in the Naxal attack at Sukma-Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, said Bijapur Superintendent of Police, Kamalochan Kashyap. Around 31 sustained injuries in the encounter in Bijapur on Saturday, Chhattisgarh Police said.