Militancy Growing- At least 160 Locals Have Joined Militancy in 2018 So Far
September 29
Nearly 160 Youths from Jammu Kashmir have been recruited into Militancy this year, the highest since 2010, officials said here.
According to figures available to The Kashmiriyat till till October 25, nearly 163 youths have joined various Militant outfits with South Kashmir's Shopian district contributing the maximum of 50 so far.
The number of local recruits in 2017 was 126, this despite at least 220 Militants being killed the last year.
As per a report published in New Indian Express, many youngsters are joining the Militant outfits including Hizb ul Mujahideen, Lashkar e Taiba and Jaish e Muhammad. Al Badr also saw a new rise in the Kashmir valley.
The report further reads that, The acceptance for Zakir Musa's group is steadily increasing among locals as Zaki...