Siachen Glacier : The Highest battleground on Earth

yep, i saw that news too..

i think he is trying to portrait and show the world that india is not willing to co-operate and how much bakistan is doing for peace in south asia. kayani is playing a good drama here,

Kiyani has good reasons to whimper.

With that landslide and the land route gone forever, Pakistan stands nude in that part of the Glacier!

Good let them complain. There is no one willing to listen to them anymore.

good reply

No change in India's stand on Siachen: Officials - The Times of India

Here the problem is:

Siachen demilitarisation: Could PM gift away to Pak what Army has won? : India News - India Today

He will be known as the traitor who sold us out. Like Nehru. Enough said.

If we lose Siachen:

1. We lose major parts of J&K..
2. On East our war preparation are little, N.E is in danger..


Not good for India & Indians..

.India should bring referendum system when border issues are concerned rather then few ill informed buffons to take just major decision. Vacating Siachen without proper border settlement would be an insult to those brave solders who gave up their life protecting it

stupid brakha discussing Siachen Glacier issue on her stupid show with stupid people advocating demiliratistion on Siachen Glacier

Army chief’s message to India from Siachen
Chief of the Pakistan Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s reiteration on the other day for more confidence building measures (CBMs) between Pakistan and India seemed more intended for Indian ears than the former.

In a way, Kayani’s third visit to Gayari where 139 men of the 6th Northern Light Infantry were buried alive in an avalanche on April 7 indicated a CBM of sorts. It was the first time that an Indian journalist Aneeta Joshua of daily The Hindu, was taken to a forward position that is a mere 3.5 miles away from combat posts at Siachen.
She was barred from visiting even the twin city of Rawalpindi in the last two years since she had been posted in Islamabad. In the changing circumstances, Aneeta was allowed to travel the entire breadth of Gilgit-Baltistan that her country disputes as part of Pakistan.
The COAS chose the occasion to also reiterate his call for demilitarisation of Siachen. In Pakistan, he said in response to a question, the idea got across-the-board support.
“It has been received positively in India also except with some ifs and buts. That is understandable because there have to be CBMs between the two countries and then we have to move forward. Let’s hope we can move forward.”
He re-emphasised that he was all for a peaceful resolution, “but short of that we will do what we are supposed to do -- fighting, that is”.
The presence of Aneeta Joshua, it seemed, was to convey the message to her one billion countrymen back home.
She may be the only Indian to see this picturesque part of Pakistan that boasts four out of the top 10 highest peaks in the world. Wearing the specialised white gear worn by soldiers in this oxygen-deficient environment, where more people die of frostbite than combat, her inquisitiveness was palpable. She asked a Pakistani colleague if she could take a few photographs. “Well, you have not been stopped.”
She was not even stopped from sitting with her Pakistani counterparts in the official meeting that had the cream of Pakistan Army. The COAS himself opened up the discussion describing the harsh circumstances in which soldiers had to operate. He said he could not help sharing his thoughts as he had served as the GOC and then corp commander in-charge of that area.
The local commander could not resist saying that the ‘confidential’ briefing was meant for the chief and he did not expect journalists (let alone an Indian one) to be there. It turned out to be a good presentation but was hardly the material that one cannot Google.
It was an awkward situation for the troops if not shocking to find an “enemy” within their midst. An army officer almost fell in disbelief when he realised in the middle of a conversation about the combat situation that one of his audiences was an Indian. A soldier was asked if he had seen an Indian before. “Not on our side of the border,” he responded frankly while staring at Aneeta as if she was a different specie.
Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas, when asked about this, dismissed the linkage between Aneeta’s presence and the chief’s statement on India as far-fetched. He said the focus of the visit was to bring the father of Major Zoha, who lay buried in the rubble, to see the effort by the army to recover the bodies.
“Aneeta’s visit is part of Army’s campaign to open up,” he said while pointing out that the Pakistan Army had already taken Indian journalists to trouble spots like Chakoti in Jammu and Kashmir and Swat. AFP

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At war over Siachen peace
Once again, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is in the crosshairs of the Twitterati over the demilitarisation of Siachen.

At war over Siachen peace

The Govt is going whole hog to build public opinion on demilitarising the Siachen Glacier.

Today in We the People, it was packed with peaceniks and the people who opposed it were very subdued in presenting that side of the debate.

Gurmeet Kanwal, who has possibly not seen the Glacier during his military service was all for demilitarisation because for 15 years he said that not a shot was fired and he put his faith in the Pakistan word that the Pakistanis would not occupy the Satoro REidge once the Indians vacate.

It is obvious that no shots were fired by the Pakistanis since they were on the lower heights, having lost even their Qaid Post (now Bana Top) and the effect firing from below to above is affected! Further, the Indian retaliation would cause them real misery.

If people are suffering and dying art 12 per year is the reason (as some put it) to vacate, then why not vacate Kashmir where more are dying than 12!

Avalanche forecast system could have saved lives - thenews.com.pk

If Aneeta Joshua was allowed to visit, it is again to build up Indian public opinion with bleeding heart stories.

It also shows how Pakistan is desperate being financially down and out and unable to air supply its northern posts because the landslide has wiped out forever the land route. Also, it will allow Pakistan to use troops in Afghanistan once the US pulls out. Even earlier Pakistan had claimed that there were no Pakistani troops in Afghanistan and only it was Taliban. The Konduz airlifted evacuation gave proof to this lie when Pakistani troops were also arilifted from Konduz.

Therefore, who can trust Pakistan? Maybe Gurmeet Kanwal and Manmohan Singh.

Mammohan is really going whole hog for the Nobel Peace Prize.

He will go down in history in ignominy when Pakistan occupies Saltoro Ridge.

hafiz saeed is roaming freely preaching jihad on India .These buffoons in Delhi are talking about peace .I DON'T UNDERSTAND whether these ppl are working in favor of India or against.