Indian Army on Friday became the first force in the world to come out with a doctrine on sub-conventional warfare laying down guidelines and strategies for conduct of counter insurgency operations in urban and rural areas.
Releasing the doctrine at a function in New Delhi, Army chief Gen J J Singh said army specialists drawing upon their almost four decade long experience in combating insurgencies had penned down the guidelines for future operations.
"It traces out the causes, which lead to insurgencies and concepts of how to tackle them," he said, adding that the doctrine was unclassified and would be put soon on army website.
It details how to conduct operations in urban areas as well as cordon and search operations in rural areas. It also lists strategies to be followed when terrorists hole up in religious places.
Like the conventional war doctrine, the army will put this doctrine in practice through live exercises, the army chief said.
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