American officials want Mr. Zardari and the Pakistani Army to move troops, including the country’s 11th Infantry Division, from Lahore and the eastern part of the country, where the army has been preoccupied with India, toward the western border, where the government is battling Taliban insurgents.
Emphasis on Al Qaeda at Three-Way Talks , NYT, May 7
Pakistan's 11th Infantry Division is stationed in Lahore, Punjab, right next to the border with India. Obama may have given order to Zarari to move the division. Zardari may give that order to Kayani, the Pakistani military chief. But Kayani will not obey it for very good reason.
India's elite land forces, capable of hitting deep inside enemy territory, have begun exercises in Punjab along the Pakistani border.
The Ambala-based Kharga Corps, a rapid-action force of 15,000, is equipped to operate behind enemy lines and to carry out a proactive strategic role.
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"A large number of tanks, infantry combat vehicles, artillery guns and specialist vehicles continued these maneuvers by day and night under near warlike conditions," according to the ministry's statement. "A parachute drop by airborne troops and other heliborne operations was also undertaken to supplement the offensive by the mechanized forces."Indian defense forces have been preparing for operations behind enemy lines and incorporated a new military doctrine to this effect in 2004. The Army has 5,000 elite soldiers, trained at unknown locations by Israeli troops, who can swiftly enter enemy territory and even operate behind enemy lines, Indian Army sources said.
Elite Indian Troops Practice Strategic Operations, Defense News (via WPR), May 4
If the Obama administration were seriously concerned about the well-being of Pakistan, it would have some tough talks with India. Not only about large scale maneuvers next to Pakistan's border, but also over its role in Afghanistan. Instead the administration does not care about any Pakistani national self-interest but pushes it to neglect its own security.
That conflict will have to be resolved. Either by a change in the administration's approach to the problem, or by violent means. The second way is currently more likely.
