On October 30, India launched its ten-day-long tri-service exercise called 'Trishul'. Trishul means the tri-pointed spear of the Hindu deity Lord Shiva. These manoeuvres are taking place on the Pakistani border. Incidentally, this was also the day when the Afghan Taliban, oh our beloved brothers, chose to launch their aerial exercises on (you guessed it) the Pakistani border.

Coincidences can happen. And we will get back to them in a bit. However, to any student of military tactics, this must appear remarkably similar to what is known as a hammer-and-anvil strategy. Where one party pins you down and the other goes crazy. Granted, both have so far not resorted to open violence again; however, it is still a pressure tactic, an open threat of the so-called two-front war. But sure, coincidenc

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