In the first seven months of this year, fourteen soldiers and a Village Defense Guard have been killed in militant attacks in Jammu Kashmir.
Additionally, up to July, at least twenty soldiers and two policemen have been injured in militancy-related incidents.
Here are some notable incidents since January where soldiers faced casualties or injuries:
January 12: In the Krishna Ghati Sector of Poonch, militants attacked a forces convoy, but all soldiers escaped unhurt.
An army soldier was killed while performing an operational task in a forward area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
January 18: An army soldier, Agniveer Ajay Singh, was killed and two others were injured in an IED blast in the Nowshera Sector of Rajouri district.
April 24: In an encounter in Ranji Forest of Aramgam Bandipora, two soldiers were injured.
April 28: A Village Defence Guard was killed in an exchange of fire between police personnel and militants hiding in Chochru Gala heights in the Basantgarh area of Udhampur district.
May 4: In the Sanai Top area of Poonch district, a soldier was killed and four others were injured in a fierce encounter.
June 11: A CRPF personnel was killed in an encounter in Saida Sukhal village in Hiranagar Kathua. On the same day, militants fired on a joint checkpost of the 4 Rashtriya Rifles and police in the Chatergala area of the Doda district, injuring five soldiers and one SPO.
June 12: A cop was injured in the Kota Top, Dandoh Doda encounter.
July 6: A soldier was killed in the Chinnigam Kulgam encounter. In the Modergam Kulgam encounter, a Para-Commando died in action.
July 7: A soldier was critically injured after militants attacked the headquarters of a Territorial Army battalion in Galuti Patrara village of Manjakote Rajouri.
July 8: Five soldiers, including a JCO, were killed and five others were injured in a militant attack in the Badnota area of Kathua district in the Jammu region.
July 16: Four Army troopers, including a senior officer, were killed at Dhari Gote Urarbagi in the Desa forest belt, approximately 55 km from Doda town.