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Aug142018 by News DeskNo Comments

Hizb Planning to Shift Base from South to North Kashmir- Agencies

REGIONAL

August 14 The Militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen is now shifting focus from South to North Kashmir. So far, their base has been South Kashmir, but after the Operation All Out and the heavy casualty the group has suffered, the Militant group, as per a report is planning to shift its base to North Kashmir. According to Intelligence Agencies of India, Hizbul is working on North Kashmir for two purposes. First, drawing more North Kashmir youth to Join Militancy and secondly, providing local support to the Militants who cross from other side of the border. More than 250 Militants are active in Kashmir and most of them are operational in South Kashmir. Of these, nearly 75 percent of the Militants are local. ALSO READ: No Let up in South Kashmir Militancy- More Youth Continue to Join ...

Aug122018 by News DeskNo Comments

Tariq Khan- The Son of a Political Stalwart is a Militant Now

REGIONAL

August 12 In the corner of his three storey house, Nazir Ahmed Khan welcomes people who visit him as his son Tariq has recently joined Militancy. On July 25, bullets and grenades ripped through the building, walls damaged by the explosions, ceilings cracked, the windows and doors and glasses smashed to pieces. The house is one of the few testimonies left to a gunfight that raged in the South Kashmir township of Islamabad after a tranquil gap of 13 years. According to Official data, at least 5,368 shops, houses and other privately-owned structures in Kashmir suffered damage from 1989 to 2001. No such data is available for the last 17 years but the number can be reasonably estimated to have increased manifold. Credible Sources informed The Kashmiriyat that forces had raided the hous...

Aug102018 by News DeskNo Comments

Militancy Growing Swiftly- Two More Youth From Pulwama Join Lashkar e Taiba

PULWAMA

August 10 Though the Government Forces have been escalating Anti Militancy operation and making appeals to youth to move away from Militancy. However these growing encounters two more youth from South Kashmir district of Pulwama have joined the Militant ranks. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Adil Ahmed Wani son of Maznoor Ahmed Wani, a resident of Padgampora in Awantipora area of Pulwama District has joined Militant outfit Lashkar e Taiba. His photograph with a gun has gone viral over the social networking. Meanwhile another youth from Pampore identified as Mohammed Amin Mir whose family had issued an appeal asking Amin to return home has also posed with an AK47 Gun. Amin was working as a distributor for Khyber Milk and is an orphan, Sources told The Kashmiriyat. Son...

Aug72018 by News DeskNo Comments

4 Army men Including Major Killed in North Kashmir Encounter

REGIONAL

August 07 An Indian Army Major and three soldiers were killed in a gunfight with Militant in Gurez Sector along the Line of Control in North Kashmir's Bandipora District. Reports suggest that Army intercepted a group of eight infiltrators who were trying to cross from Gurez in north Kashmir. The infiltration bid was foiled and two Militants have also been shot dead, they said. The killed troopers have been identified as Major KP Rane, Havaldar Jamie Singh, Havaldar Vikramjeet and Rifleman Mandeep from Indian Army's 36 RR. Details Emerging.

Aug72018 by News DeskNo Comments

Two More Youth from South Kashmir Join Militants

REGIONAL

July 19 Amid these growing encounters two more youth from South Kashmir district of Shopian have joined the Militant ranks. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Basharat Nengroo son of Abdul Rashid Nengroo, a resident of Chotigam area in Shopian District has joined Militant outfit Hizb ul Mujahideen. His photograph with a gun has gone viral over the social networking. Meanwhile another youth who has posed with a gun has been identified as Bilal Ahmed Bhat who is a 12th class pass out. Son of Habibullah Bhat, Bilal is a resident of Keegam area of Shopian District and has joined the Militant outfit Hizb ul Mujahideen Locals from Keegam Pulwama told The Kashmiriyat that Junaid had been missing since the past few days. The Militant recruitment in the first 7 months of 2018 ha...

Aug52018 by News DeskNo Comments

51 Taliban Militants Killed in Army Operations

INTERNATIONAL

August 05 At least 51 Taliban insurgents were killed and six were injured during an ongoing operation by Afghan forces in eastern Kunar province, Khaama Press reported. The sixth phase of Qahr Silab-2 operation kicked off on Friday night and is currently being conducted with the help of the artillery and close air support, a statement by the Silab Corps said. The statement elaborated that 51 Taliban militants including three of their key leaders were killed and at least six others sustained critical injuries. Senior Taliban leaders who were killed during the operation have been identified as Sultan Mohammad, the shadow district military chief of the group for Asmar, Mawlavi Hazrat Ali, the group’s shadow district chief for Asmar, and group’s shadow dist chief for Ghaziabad, Maw...

Aug12018 by News DeskNo Comments

Militants Attack Indian Army During CASO- Flee from the Spot

SHOPIAN

August 01 Militants on Wednesday fired upon 34 RR of Indian Army in Chak e Cholan of South Kashmir's Shopian District. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that Militants fired upon a party of Indian Army when they laid a cordon and search operation in the village. The Indian Army and Jammu Kashmir Police were laying a CASO around the village when Militants fired upon the Forces and fled from the spot. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that reinforcements have been sent to the spot. Details emerging.

Jul312018 by News DeskNo Comments

Slain CRPF Man from Pulwama was Sole Bread earner of his family

PULWAMA

July 31 Naseer Ahmed Rather son of wali Mohammad Rather resident of Naira village of Pulwama district who was killed by unknown gunmen on Sunday evening near his house was lone bread earner of his family. Naseer who was posted with CRPF 182 bn in Pulwama, was transfered to Sanath Nagar and was about to join there after two days. A group of four unknown gunmen barged into our house and asked Naseer to come out with us however within few minutes he was fired upon, one of his family member told The Kashmiriyat. "On hearing gunshots we got worried, started searching him however we stepped out only to find Naseer in a pool of blood after which we rushed him to the hospital however on arrival doctors declared him dead," he said. He was fired upon in his abdomen and he died within ...

Jul262018 by News DeskNo Comments

An Encounter in Islamabad Town after 13 years

WRITE-UPS

July 26 Many of Islamabad (Anantnag) residents have perhaps pompously come to regard their little town as a peaceful, untroubled, but that facade was shattered in just a few seconds with the acrid sound of gunfire filling the air and the blood of two dead men — Bilal Ahmed and Adil Hussain, soaking into the soil. The human cost of the shootout made it a repulsive event in the eyes of the Islamabad residents because Wednesday obviously has flipped the perception of nearly 13 years. The small town was supposedly a sophisticated place, but it was marred by horrible violence in the initial years of Militancy. "It is tough for us to forget what we have lived, one of the toughest thing to forget for anyone in the town is, 27 October, 1990, when Forces burnt down an entire locality, more...

Jul252018 by News DeskNo Comments

581 Militants Killed Since 2015

INDIA

July 25 The Government forces have killed 581 militants since 2015 while 69 personnel died in ceasefire violations along the LoC and the India-Pakistan border in Jammu Kashmir, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre told the Lok Sabha today. In 2015, 108 militants were killed by security forces followed by 150 in 2016, 213 in 2017 and 110 in 2018 (up to July 22) along the Line of Control (LoC), Bhamre said in a written response to a question in the Lower House. He said 44 personnel of the Army and 25 of the Border Security Force (BSF) were killed in ceasefire violations since 2015. The LoC and the India-Pakistan border in Jammu Kashmir have been volatile. In May, the Director Generals of Military Operation (DGMO) of India and Pakistan agreed to restore peace along the LoC...