Another reason is thin deployment of forces after LAC stand-off. Spate of attacks is 'tactical & strategic shift' by terror groups to safeguard assets in Kashmir, it is learnt.
New jihadist units operate out of caves, shepherds’ shelters on Pir Panjal without contacting local support networks. Many commanders ignoring basic skills, say intelligence officer.
Terrorists from The Resistance Front killed Ishfaq and Umar Dar on 26 March. Their mother's tears haven't dried, father keeps looking for them to return, brother wonders why they were shot.
Jailed in 1990s, Zargar was released in exchange for hostages after 1999 IC-814 hijack. Now said to be operating from Pakistan, recruiting mercenaries.
Lt Gen B S Raju of XV corps said the terrorists holed up in the Valley have been facing acute shortage of arms and are desperately looking for help from across the border.
Move comes at a time when a new outfit, The Resistance Front, has emerged in Kashmir, which security agencies believe is yet another terror proxy group launched by Pakistan.
In an era of polarised politics and fiscal inertia, the world’s most powerful democracies struggle to issue debt beyond 30-50 years. Yet a private entity has convinced the market of its viability through the year 2126.
On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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