On his last day in office, Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General DS Hooda said he didn't see a simple answer for end the Kashmir strife, calling it a "long war" that would require a "long haul approach".
His remarks are critical as government sources anticipate that the contention with home-developed activists will end soon.
A day after seven troopers were killed in the Nagrota strike, Hooda said on Wednesday that the circumstance along the Line of Control was not chilling off at any point in the near future and the hinterland would likewise stay hot.
He cautioned against calling "the main shot discharged against a battalion" a security slip by, saying 100% achievement every time in anticipating assaults reflected "small comprehension of the fight the armed force is battling".
“If we look at everything from a two-month perspective, we will end up adopting a short-term view. That will be counter-productive in terms of dealing with Pakistan.”
"I wish we could have kept the Nagrota strike yet a few mishaps must be acknowledged… and we take in our lessons. We need to proceed onward, instead of let one episode set the talk for general national security," he said.
Sixty officers have died in J-K this year. Hooda said the armed force was merciless in regards to discovering approaches to minimize losses. "We comprehend this more than any other individual in light of the fact that our lives rely on upon it."
On the charged slips that may have prompted to the assault, he said, "Two officers intentionally place themselves in the line of flame to protect ladies and youngsters. Give us a chance to regard that as opposed to sitting in serene zones and mouthing feedback."
He included that claiming slips before completing a point by point examination "weakens what fighters are doing on the ground".
Hooda said the armed force moved quickly to execute the aggressors who assaulted the Nagrota base or else it could have been more terrible than the Uri assault in which 19 fighters were slaughtered.
He rubbished reports about significant knowledge being accessible on the Nagrota assault. "We dispatch several operations in J-K every day on the premise of knowledge data sources. For this situation, we had no particular information sources."
He said there was a critical need to tap keen innovations for border assurance of army installations to supplement human exertion.
Hooda included that troopers were at the most astounding ready level yet there were points of confinement to human continuance.
On the circumstance intensifying after the September 29 surgical strikes, he said: "On the off chance that we take a gander at everything from a two-month point of view, we will wind up embracing a transient view. That will be counter-beneficial as far as managing Pakistan."