What Did Kashmir Have to Do with the Mumbai Attacks?: Time

Two suspected members of Lashkar e Toiba (LeT) — the same militant group that is under suspicion for orchestrating the Mumbai attacks — were killed by Indian authorities Friday night after trying to cross the border into Kashmir near the village of Dardpura. Two AK-47s were recovered from them, along with ammunition. That encounter, police say, is part of a slight increase in infiltration by militants from Pakistan over the last few months.

That development added to the growing evidence of both infiltration from Pakistan and local Indian collusion in the siege of Mumbai. Early on Saturday, Indian authorities revealed that two men had been arrested for illegally providing SIM cards to the attackers: one of them is believed to be a police officer from the Indian-occupied half of the disputed region of Kashmir. If so, it is a disturbing development. Police in Kashmir are deeply involved in the fight against the militants who sneak in from Pakistan as well as local Kashmiri separatists. Local newspapers report that Mumbai police officers have been in Srinagar this week investigating the role of Mukhtar Ahmed, the police constable from the area allegedly involved in the SIM card purchase. It is the first evidence so far that the attackers had help within India.

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