Narcotics and Narcoterrorism Add to India’s National Security Woes in Western Himalayas

After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reelected in June, his coalition government faced an immediate rise in terrorism incidents in some otherwise sleepy areas of Jammu in the western Himalayas. While the spike in attacks is new, the region was already battling other regional security concerns, particularly increasing narcotics and cross-border narcoterrorism. The latter, particularly narcoterrorism in Jammu, doesn’t often make it into the international news circuits. But according to experts, it’s a stark reminder of the unveiling geopolitical theater in South Asia between India and Pakistan, wherein the former accuses the latter of sponsoring and supporting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, including the many recent attacks where several people including soldiers lost their lives....