Reference News website reported on May 18th according to Agence France-Presse's report on May 17th, India said on the 17th that it would redeploy veterans to serve as security guards in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region. A week ago, India and Pakistan reached a ceasefire agreement, ending the most serious conflict between the two sides in decades.
The Indian government press release showed that the Jammu and Kashmir regional government had passed a proposal to "mobilize veterans to protect key infrastructure of federal territories".
The press release stated that about 4,000 veterans were "identified" as non-combat volunteers, of which 435 legally possessed personal weapons.
The government added that this would help "significantly enhance the ability to effectively respond to local security situations". Veterans will serve as "static guards", focusing on "credible deterrence and local coordination".
It is estimated that India has deployed about 500,000 soldiers in this disputed area. Multiple conflicts that broke out between these two nuclear-armed neighboring countries focused on the Kashmir region. (Compiled/translated by Hu Guanghe)
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