The Army officials said that while 75 terrorists have been killed in multiple operations from across Kashmir valley to Jammu region, the local recruitment has significantly reduced to only 4 this year. The Army is making intensified efforts to eliminate terrorism from the UT.
Two terrorists, who were involved in the killing of Territorial Army jawan Hilal Ahmad Bhat, were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
The development comes hours after terrorists opened fire at the army's ambulance van around 7 am in Batal, near Shiv Mandir in Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.
According to the Rising Star Corps X handle, a search operation was underway in Kathua after establishing contact with the terrorists in the region. The officials said the killed terrorists were Pakistani citizens.
Earlier the Army on Thursday said the two terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Baramulla district were Pakistani and associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
India's response came after another most wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist named Hanzla Adnan, who allegedly directed the Udhampur terror attack in 2015, was killed in Karachi. So far, 19 terrorists have been killed in such "phantom" attacks, dealing a heavy blow to Pakistan's terror organisations.
Jammu and Kashmir: The Indian Army said the forces foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday.
The list of deceased terrorists includes Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose death in June is at the centre of a diplomatic standoff between India and Canada. Justin Trudeau has alleged India's role behind the death of the Khalistani terrorist.
The gunfight between security forces and militants in Anantnag is still ongoing, and today marks the sixth day of this operation. It began on Wednesday and has resulted in the loss of four Indian soldiers.
Baramulla encounter: Acting on specific input about the presence of militants in the Wanigam Payeen Kreeri area of Baramulla district, in north Kashmir, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there early Thursday morning, a police official said.
Shopian encounter: 1 AK 47 rifle and 2 pistols were recovered and armed forces has been carrying out the search operation in the region.
Jammu And Kashmir: According to government data, the UT witnessed 123 terror incidents in which 180 terrorists killed, 31 security personnel and 31 civilians lost their lives in 2022.
Jammu and Kashmir: Tabarak Hussain (32), a resident of Sabzkot village of Kotli in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), was arrested for the second time in the past six years while trying to infiltrate into this side from across the border.
Security forces are on alert as there have been incidents of targeted killings in Kashmir and sections of the minority community had threatened that they were preparing for mass migration.
Today's encounter comes a day after seven terrorists were killed in two separate encounters with security forces in Kashmir.
In Pulwama, a terrorist was killed during an encounter with security forces in the wee hours of Monday. Four terrorists were killed in Kupwara, while two were killed in Kulgam.
The slain terrorists were identified as Shahid Rather of Tral and Umar Yousuf of Shopian, the Kashmir Zone Police said.
The neutralised terrorists were identified as Aijaz Hafiz and Shahid Ayub, belonging to the Al Badr terror outfit. Both of them were local terrorists, said an official.
DGP Dilbag Singh said this after participating in the wreath-laying ceremony of senior grade constable Rohit Chhib, who lost his life during an encounter of security personnel with terrorists in Kulgam on Wednesday.
As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.
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