No let up on AFSPA

Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar harps on the same tune like his predecessors regarding the imposition of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the northeast and Jammu & Kashmir. He says that the Indian Army cannot operate in civilian areas without a contentious act that gives it sweeping special powers or immunity […]

Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar harps on the same tune like his predecessors regarding the imposition of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the northeast and Jammu & Kashmir. He says that the Indian Army cannot operate in civilian areas without a contentious act that gives it sweeping special powers or immunity […]

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