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Increase in army casualties in IHK deeply worrying security establishment
November 30, 2016, 1:55 pm
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SRINAGAR: With the latest incident, 89 Indian army personnel, including several officers, have been ‘killed in action’ in Jammu and Kashmir this year.
The dramatic increase in number of casualties among security force personnel in Kashmir is deeply worrying many in the security establishment, the Hindu newspaper reported.
On Tuesday, at least seven Army personnel were killed and many, including BSF personnel, were injured in two attacks.
The bloodiest of the two attacks of the day, on an Army mess in Nagrota. With the latest incident, 89 security personnel have been ‘killed in action’ in Jammu and Kashmir this year. Of these, 27 were lost post the alleged surgical strikes carried out on September 29. The attrition rate among the Indian Army has been growing tremendously with respect to the freedom fighters killed.
Informed sources said the high attrition rate particularly of officers in the Army, the world’s highest, can be detrimental in war. “If the company commanders and the second-in-commands get killed in the first wave, there will be no one else to lead or fight during actual war,” one source said.
Experts said there was a low-risk option being employed by the adversary, and stressed the need to revisit practices to minimise casualties.
“This time, India’s resolve to hit back in the form of surgical strikes has put the other side in the defensive. For them this a low-cost,high-visibility option,” Lt. Gen. S.L. Narasimhan, a former Infantry Officer, told The Hindu.
According to data, in the new wave of attacks, freedom fighters are able to inflict many more casualties on security forces with each attack than in the past. Data show that while the total number of violent incidents in Kashmir has only gone up marginally from previous years, the number of security personnel killed or injured has dramatically risen.
Until Tuesday evening, at least 89 security force personnel had been killed in Kashmir, while almost 200 have been injured.
With another month to go, this year’s casualty figures among security forces could end up being the highest in a decade.
In 2007, security forces lost 122 of its men. The numbers dropped to 57 in 2008, and by 2012 the number of security forces killed in terrorist attacks fell to 15. It then began to climb. In 2013, a total of 53 security personnel were killed.
Similar trend is visible in the number of security personnel injured in J&K.
“We have a very unsettled situation since 2014. The government needs to get its act together,” an Army officer posted in J&K said.
Shiv Sena terms Nagrota attack complete intelligence failure: Demands PM to launch strict action against Pakistan
MUMBAI : Hitting out at the Centre over the terror attack on an Army mess in Nagrota, in Jammu and Kashmir, in which seven defence personnel were killed, Hindu extremist organisation, Shiv Sena on Wednesday dubbed it as a 'complete intelligence failure' and urged Prime Minister Modi led government to launch a strict action against the hostile neighbour.
"It doesn't seem to be stopping. We need to take very strong action against Pakistan. I think one surgical strike was not enough. And the more astonishing and surprising facts are that the Army base camps are being targeted now. So, where is the intelligence, where is our information system? It is a complete failure that there used to be attacks on civilians, in the villages but now the army base camps and such places are being targeted," Shiv Sena leader Manisha Kayande told Indian TV channel.
"After Pathankot this is the third attack, so it's a complete intelligence failure and the government has to take stringent action against it," she added.
http://nation.com.pk/international/...in-ihk-deeply-worrying-security-establishment
November 30, 2016, 1:55 pm
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SRINAGAR: With the latest incident, 89 Indian army personnel, including several officers, have been ‘killed in action’ in Jammu and Kashmir this year.
The dramatic increase in number of casualties among security force personnel in Kashmir is deeply worrying many in the security establishment, the Hindu newspaper reported.
On Tuesday, at least seven Army personnel were killed and many, including BSF personnel, were injured in two attacks.
The bloodiest of the two attacks of the day, on an Army mess in Nagrota. With the latest incident, 89 security personnel have been ‘killed in action’ in Jammu and Kashmir this year. Of these, 27 were lost post the alleged surgical strikes carried out on September 29. The attrition rate among the Indian Army has been growing tremendously with respect to the freedom fighters killed.
Informed sources said the high attrition rate particularly of officers in the Army, the world’s highest, can be detrimental in war. “If the company commanders and the second-in-commands get killed in the first wave, there will be no one else to lead or fight during actual war,” one source said.
Experts said there was a low-risk option being employed by the adversary, and stressed the need to revisit practices to minimise casualties.
“This time, India’s resolve to hit back in the form of surgical strikes has put the other side in the defensive. For them this a low-cost,high-visibility option,” Lt. Gen. S.L. Narasimhan, a former Infantry Officer, told The Hindu.
According to data, in the new wave of attacks, freedom fighters are able to inflict many more casualties on security forces with each attack than in the past. Data show that while the total number of violent incidents in Kashmir has only gone up marginally from previous years, the number of security personnel killed or injured has dramatically risen.
Until Tuesday evening, at least 89 security force personnel had been killed in Kashmir, while almost 200 have been injured.
With another month to go, this year’s casualty figures among security forces could end up being the highest in a decade.
In 2007, security forces lost 122 of its men. The numbers dropped to 57 in 2008, and by 2012 the number of security forces killed in terrorist attacks fell to 15. It then began to climb. In 2013, a total of 53 security personnel were killed.
Similar trend is visible in the number of security personnel injured in J&K.
“We have a very unsettled situation since 2014. The government needs to get its act together,” an Army officer posted in J&K said.
Shiv Sena terms Nagrota attack complete intelligence failure: Demands PM to launch strict action against Pakistan
MUMBAI : Hitting out at the Centre over the terror attack on an Army mess in Nagrota, in Jammu and Kashmir, in which seven defence personnel were killed, Hindu extremist organisation, Shiv Sena on Wednesday dubbed it as a 'complete intelligence failure' and urged Prime Minister Modi led government to launch a strict action against the hostile neighbour.
"It doesn't seem to be stopping. We need to take very strong action against Pakistan. I think one surgical strike was not enough. And the more astonishing and surprising facts are that the Army base camps are being targeted now. So, where is the intelligence, where is our information system? It is a complete failure that there used to be attacks on civilians, in the villages but now the army base camps and such places are being targeted," Shiv Sena leader Manisha Kayande told Indian TV channel.
"After Pathankot this is the third attack, so it's a complete intelligence failure and the government has to take stringent action against it," she added.
http://nation.com.pk/international/...in-ihk-deeply-worrying-security-establishment
