New Delhi: Pakistan is a state which has become a harbinger of militancy and terror. It is a place where militants are not only born but systematically groomed, trained, and deployed according to the cynical calculations of its military establishment.

For decades, the Pakistan Army and its intelligence wing, the ISI, have turned jihadist groups into instruments of statecraft. Whenever the Army faces pressure, it simply redeploys these proxies to new battlegrounds, never dismantling them, always recycling them.

The latest example of this dangerous strategy is the relocation of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This move was not voluntary on the part of these militant groups; it was orchestrated by the Pakist

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