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India ready for any challenge from Pakistan: army chief.
(From Agence France Presse)
India's new army chief General Nirmal Chander Vij said the military was prepared to meet any challenge from nuclear rival Pakistan.
Speaking to reporters after officially taking charge as India's 21st army chief, Vij said: "We don't have to brag about anything... but we are prepared to meet any challenge from across the border."
He said an "unrelaxed vigil" would be maintained across the Indian zone of Kashmir.
"As a part of its strategic relocation the army will not lower its guard in Jammu and Kashmir and maintain a high alert," he said Wednesday.
India announced in October the redeployment of thousands of troops from its border with Pakistan who were sent there after an attack on the ...
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