India releases new army doctrine to fight terrorism
The revised Indian Army Doctrine, of October 2004, includes a ten-point code of conduct to be strictly observed by all ranks involved in counter-terrorism and counter insurgency operations. While this code of conduct stipulates that the violation of human rights must...
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India-memorandum survey-web story-2004 (full text in English, PDF)
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