28 terrorists trying to cross over to India killed in two months, says Indi

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28 terrorists trying to cross over to India killed in two months, says Indian Army | NDTV.com

Poonch, Jammu: 28 terrorists trying to cross over to India have been killed at the Line of Control in the past 2 months, the Indian army today said against the backdrop of incessant firing between Pakistani and Indian troops at the Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. The army also said a huge cache of arms had been recovered during operations to foil multiple infiltration attempts.

The army claims in the last two months, 28 terrorists have been killed while they were trying to cross over to India. A huge cache of arms including over a dozen AK 47 rifles, grenades and pistols were found on them.

Army operations revealed that older militants are being pushed into the Valley in a bid to revive militancy after a dip in the past two years. Syed Kasim Shah, one of the militants killed on Wednesday at the Kupwara district, had an identity card that said he was born in 1958.

In the past fortnight, 15 militants have been killed while the army battled increased attacks from Pakistan, in what was seen as the biggest threat to the decade-old ceasefire in recent times.

Pakistan has been known to favour the strategy of pushing through as many militants as possible into India before the mountain passes of the Himalayas close with the onset of winters. They use the skirmishes at the border as cover for the infiltration attempts.

Defence Ministry sources also say that they expect Pakistan's Army to step up hostilities at the border with general elections in India just months away.

 

[haviZsultan]

Only once we have dealt with our main priority the Pakistani Taliban or the TTP should we take action against Hizb and Lashker E Toiba. But our primary concern should be to hunt down the Pakistani Taliban and eliminate the Lashkar E Jhangvi. These militants pose a direct threat to Pakistan and should be our primary concern. Later we can decide what to do with the other groups.

Unfortunately I must admit we have had no success against the Taliban or the Lashkar E Jhangvi. We should seriously do everything to dismantle these terrorist groups.

 

[Parul]