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Home / News / Politics News / Ajit Doval to Pak: Stop terror, then hold talks
  • Politics

    Ajit Doval to Pak: Stop terror, then hold talks

    Written by
    Ramya Patelkhana
    Edited by
    Gaurav Jeyaraman
    Last updated on Oct 11, 2016, 05:18 pm
    Ajit Doval to Pak: Stop terror, then hold talks
  • India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has told Pakistani NSA Naseer Janjua that the only way India and Pakistan can hold peace talks is if Pakistan stops exporting terror to India.

    The message was reportedly conveyed on 1 October when Doval called Janjua to inform him of the surgical strikes.

    Pakistan has been pushing for de-escalation, even as fresh terror attacks continue across Kashmir.

  • In this article
    Who is Ajit Doval? Actively involved in anti-insurgency operations Mizo National Front insurgency Infiltrated a militant outfit to collect critical information Recruited militants as informants Doval's appointment as the NSA drew criticism Doval attended a secret meeting with Sartaj Aziz More assertive foreign policy Indians confident of Modi's foreign policy shaped by NSA Doval Ajit Doval to Pak: Stop terror, then hold talks
  • Introduction

    Who is Ajit Doval?

    Who is Ajit Doval?
    Credits:
  • Ajit Doval, born in 1945 in Garhwal (Uttarakhand), is India's fifth National Security Adviser appointed on 30 May'14.

    He graduated from the University of Agra with a Master's Degree in Economics in 1967 before joining the Indian Police Service in 1968.

    He retired as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau in 2005; he previously headed the IB's operations wing for more than a decade.

  • Anti-Insurgency

    Actively involved in anti-insurgency operations

    Actively involved in anti-insurgency operations
    Credits:
  • Ajit Doval had been active in anti-insurgency operations, especially in Jammu & Kashmir, Mizoram, and Punjab.

    In 1972, he moved from the IPS to the Intelligence Bureau where he spent thirty years.

    During 1971-1999, Doval was involved in the termination of all 15 hijackings of Indian Airlines planes.

    During his Intelligence Bureau tenure, he founded Multi Agency Centre and Joint Task Force on Intelligence.

  • Information

    Mizo National Front insurgency

  • During the Mizo National Front insurgency, Ajit Doval had spent time with the insurgents in Burma and Chinese territories incognito and succeeded in winning over of six of seven MNF commanders. In 1975, Doval played a significant role during the merger of Sikkim with India.

  • Punjab

    Infiltrated a militant outfit to collect critical information

    Infiltrated a militant outfit to collect critical information
    Credits:
  • In 1988, Doval disguised himself as a rickshaw puller, entered the Golden Temple, infiltrated a Sikh separatist militant group, and collected critical information before Operation Black Thunder.

    He convinced them he was a Pakistani operative helping them to establish a separate country called Khalistan.

    Doval suggested cutting off electricity and water supply to the temple instead of raiding it, after which the militants surrendered.

  • Kashmir, Pakistan

    Recruited militants as informants

    Recruited militants as informants
  • Ajit Doval was posted at Indian High Commission in Islamabad for six years and also at IHC in London.

    In 1990, he went to Kashmir where he persuaded militants and recruited them as informants to target anti-India terrorists.

    Doval once stated he spent nearly seven years undercover in Pakistan, getting plastic surgeries done to conceal his ear piercings- an indication of being a Hindu.

  • Opposition

    Doval's appointment as the NSA drew criticism

    Doval's appointment as the NSA drew criticism
    Credits:
  • The opposition criticized PM Modi's decision to pick Doval as his National Security Adviser (NSA) in 2014 that fuelled discontent inside the PM's administration.

    Doval was given more power than defence and foreign affairs ministers and put him in charge of talks with Pakistan.

    Supporting a nationalist agenda, Doval took a tough line against "hostile" neighbors.

  • NSA

    Doval attended a secret meeting with Sartaj Aziz

    Doval attended a secret meeting with Sartaj Aziz
    Credits:
  • After becoming the NSA, Doval was sent as Modi's special envoy to Afghanistan; he accompanied Modi to Bhutan.

    Doval was in charge of talks over the disputed Indo-Pakistan border with China as it was planning to invest in the transportation links through Kashmir on the border.

    In Dec'14, he attended a secret meeting in Bangkok with Pakistani NSA Sartaj Aziz to restart peace talks.

  • Quote

    More assertive foreign policy

  • Doval always argued for a "beefed up military" and "more assertive foreign policy". During a lecture in Aug'15, he said: "India has a mindset that, where it hits, it punches below its weight. We have to increase our weight and punch proportionately."

  • 21 Sep 2016

    Indians confident of Modi's foreign policy shaped by NSA Doval

    Indians confident of Modi's foreign policy shaped by NSA Doval
    Credits:
  • India's position in the world has improved since Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister in 2014, according to US-based Pew Research Center's recent annual opinion poll.

    It was found that Indians were confident of Modi's foreign policy; majority believes India doesn't have a grip on its Pakistan policy.

    Modi's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval plays a crucial role in shaping the foreign policy.

  • 11 Oct 2016

    Ajit Doval to Pak: Stop terror, then hold talks

    Ajit Doval to Pak: Stop terror, then hold talks
  • India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has told Pakistani NSA Naseer Janjua that the only way India and Pakistan can hold peace talks is if Pakistan stops exporting terror to India.

    The message was reportedly conveyed on 1 October when Doval called Janjua to inform him of the surgical strikes.

    Pakistan has been pushing for de-escalation, even as fresh terror attacks continue across Kashmir.

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  • Indian High Commission
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  • Ajit Doval
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