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Two major terror strikes last week at places separated by thousands of kilometers have once again focused attention on the serious security challenges faced by the Indian state. The Naxalite ambush of security men at Gadchiroli in Maharashtra on Thursday, in which 17 people died, came just when the Centre was finalizing a plan to launch an all out war against Left wing extremists. The same day, the Taliban struck at the Indian Embassy in the Afghanistan capital, Kabul, resulting in the death ...