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The 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff was a military standoff between India and Pakistan that resulted in the massing of troops on either side of the border and along the Line of Control (LoC) in the region of Kashmir. This was the second major military standoff between India and Pakistan following the successful detonation of nuclear devices by both countries in 1998 and the most recent standoff between the nuclear rivals. The other had been the Kargil War in 1999. The military buildup was initiated by India responding to an attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on 1 October 2001, followed on 13 December by a separate attack on the Indian Parliament. India claimed that the attacks were carried out by two Pakistan-based terror groups fighting Indian administered Kashmir, the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, both of whom India has alleged are backed by Pakistan's ISI –〔("Who will strike first" ), The Economist, 20 December 2001.〕 a charge that Pakistan denied. In the Western media, coverage of the standoff focused on the possibility of a nuclear war between the two countries and the implications of the potential conflict on the American-led "Global War on Terrorism" in nearby Afghanistan. Tensions de-escalated following international diplomatic mediation which resulted in the October 2002 withdrawal of Indian〔("India to withdraw troops from Pak border" ), Times of India, 16 October 2002.〕 and Pakistani troops〔("Pakistan to withdraw front-line troops" ), BBC, 17 October 2002.〕 from the international border. == Background == (詳細はcell of five armed men attacked the Indian Parliament by breaching the security cordon at Gate 12. The five men killed seven people before being shot dead by Indian Security Forces. World leaders and leaders in nearby countries condemned the attack on the Parliament, including Pakistan. On 14 December, the ruling Indian National Democratic Alliance blamed Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) for the attack. Home Minister L.K. Advani claimed, "we have received some clues about yesterday's incident, which shows that a neighboring country, and some terrorist organisations active there are behind it,"〔("Parliament attack: Advani points towards neighbouring country" ), Rediff, 14 December 2001.〕 in an indirect reference to Pakistan and Pakistan-based militant groups. The same day, in a ''demarche'' to Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, India demanded that Pakistan stop the activities of LeT and JeM, that Pakistan apprehend the organisation's leaders and that Pakistan curb the financial assets and the group's access to these assets.〔("Govt blames LeT for Parliament attack, asks Pak to restrain terrorist outfits" ), Rediff, 14 December 2001.〕 In response to the Indian government's statements, Pakistan ordered its military on standing high alert the same day. The Pakistan military's information sources, the ISPR's spokesman Major-General Rashid Qureshi, claimed that the Parliament attack was a "drama staged by Indian intelligence agencies to defame the freedom struggle in 'occupied Kashmir'" and further warned that India would pay "heavily if they engage in any misadventure".〔("Pakistan forces put on high alert: Storming of parliament" ), Dawn (newspaper), 15 December 2001.〕 On 20 December, amid calls from the United States, Russia, and the United Nations to exercise restraint, India mobilised and deployed its troops to Kashmir and the Indian part of the Punjab in what was India's largest military mobilization since the 1971 conflict. The Indian codename for the mobilization was Operation Parakram (Sanskrit: ''Valor''). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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