A senior government official pointed out that the Uri attack shouldn't be seen in isolation. While round one of the diplomatic war was won, India still had to deal with a recalcitrant Pakistan. However, as a senior J&K leader is said to have bluntly told Modi, "India may have 100 people to help them in Balochistan, but in Kashmir, Pakistan has 10,000." Tellis believes the most effective way to counter Pakistan is for "India to focus on economic reform as part of a grand strategy, running so far ahead of Pakistan that it leaves it behind in the dust". For five years, India and Pakistan entered into sustained back-channel talks that almost produced a resolution on how to handle the Kashmir dispute.

Source: India Today September 23, 2016 06:56 UTC