Amid the spike in attacks on Government Forces and non-locals, the number of foreign militants in Kashmir has shown an upward drastically in the first three months of 2022 (January-March).
Official data suggest that the number of militants active in Jammu Kashmir is 172. 16 of them are in the Jammu division and the rest are in the Kashmir valley
With an active strength of 82, Militant outfit Lashkar e Taiba has the highest number of active militants in the region, Jaish e Muhammad has 41 and Hizb ul Mujahideen 38.
Out of the total 172, south Kashmir has the highest presence of active militants. According to the official data available with The Kashmiriyat south Kashmir has 87 militants, and North 65 and 16 militants are active in Central Kashmir.
The data also states that 79 of the active militants are foreigners while 93 are local militants.
The data reveals that 15 youth have joined militancy in the first three months of the year, however, the number is expected to be much higher. There have been 23 incidents of weapon recovery by Forces in the first three months of 2022., the data suggests.
The figures state that there were two infiltration attempts of which one was foiled. “There has been no increase in the ceasefire violations. This year, there has been none,” data reveals