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jammu & kaShmir

taliban control over Kabul gives

a boost to pak-backed terror

outfits in the valley

Terror groups are being reactivated for orchestrating attacks and targeting

civilians and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, say top officials

our Bureau

Srinagar

he two Army personnel
lost their lives in a count-
Ter-terrorist operation in
Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch
on Friday. According to De-
fence Ministry statement Jam-
mu, two Indian Army personnel
were critically injured in the op-
eration that has been underway
since Thursday in the Nar Khas
Forest area of Poonch’s Mend-
har and later succumbed to their
injuries. During the operation,
there was heavy exchange of fire
and in the ensuing gunfight Ri-
fleman Vikram Singh Negi and
Rifleman Yogambar Singh were
critically injured and later suc- security personnel in action near the site of an encounter between militants and security forces at the Bhatadorin
cumbed to their injuries,” the area, in Poonch on Friday (aNi)
statement said.
Earlier, five terrorists linked a joint cordon and search op- Meanwhile, the search oper- targeting civilians and security
with proscribed terror outfit erations in the said areas. ation at Feeripora Shopian also forces in Jammu and Kashmir.
LeT (TRF) have been killed in During the search operation remained suspended through- Banerjee said, “This is a new
anti-terrorist operations at Tul- at Tulran, as the presence of ter- out the night and resumed in the phase of insurgency and terror-
ran and Feeripora villages in rorists got ascertained, they were wee hours. At about 1000hrs, ism in Kashmir. With the fall of
Shopian district of Jammu and given repeated opportunities to contact was established with the Afghanistan, they (terrorists are
Kashmir on Tuesday. “Based on surrender; instead, they fired hiding terrorists and they were targeting Jammu and Kashmir)
specific inputs about the pres- indiscriminately upon the joint given ample opportunities to will concentrate in Kashmir.
ence of terrorists in twin villages search party which was retaliat- surrender. There have been terrorist cells
of Shopian; Tulran and Feeripo- ed leading to an encounter, in- After the Taliban took over operating in the Valley even
ra two anti-terrorist operations formed the Police. control of Afghanistan, terrorist during the peaceful times and
were carried out resulting in the As per police records, the outfits including Lashkar-e-Tai- slowly will be reactivated and
elimination of five terrorists. The killed terrorists were linked with ba are concentrating in Kash- armed. It will be provided across
killed terrorists include terrorist proscribed terror outfit LeT mir, said defense expert Major the Line of Control (LoC), they
Mukhtar Shah, who was involved (TRF) and remained part of General (retd) Dipankar Baner- will target civilians and then se-
in the targeted killing of a non-lo- groups involved in several terror jee on Tuesday. In a veiled refer- curity forces. We need to take
cal vendor at Lal Bazar area of crime cases including attacks on ence to Pakistan, he said terror care in this context.”
Srinagar,” The official state- security establishments and civil- groups are being reactivated “Pakistan has been badly
ment said. The police launched ian atrocities. for orchestrating attacks and Continued on next page... >>

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