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Jul22018 by News DeskNo Comments

105 Militants Killed So Far in 2018

REGIONAL

July 02 As of 30 June 2018, a total of 105 militants and 21 Government Force personnel have been killed in Kashmir this year, as per figures available to The Kashmiriyat. A unilateral ceasefire was declared by the Indian Government on 14 May when the Government forces were asked not to launch operations during Ramadan, during that month 24 Militants were killed. The Centre soon announced the resumption of intelligence-based cordon-and-search-operations in the state on June 17, 2018. The Indian home minister Rajnath Singh took to Twitter to announce that the government of India had decided not to extend the suspension of operations in Jammu Kashmir. The bloodiest day this year was 01 April when Encounters raged at three different places in South Kashmir, a total of 13 Militan...

17 Hindus and Sikhs Killed in a Suicide Attack in Afghanistan

INTERNATIONAL

July 02 A suicide bomber in Jalalabad Afghanistan targeted a convoy of Sikhs and Hindus on their way to meet Afghanistan’s president in the eastern city on Sunday, killing at least 19 people. A spokesman for the provincial hospital in Nangarhar, said that 17 out of 19 dead in the attack are from the minority Sikh and Hindu community. Miakhail added that at least 10 of the 20 wounded were also from the same minority community and are undergoing treatment at a Jalalabad hospital. Narendr Singh, one of the wounded Sikh from Sunday’s attack, told The Associated Press by phone from his hospital bed in Jalalabad that the attack targeted their convoy. He cried on the phone worrying what had happened to his father, Avtar Singh Khalsa, who was also in the convoy. Miakhail confirmed t...

71 % Of New Age Militants Are Hanfi, 23 % Jamaat e Islami, 2 % are Salafis, Claims Report

REGIONAL

June 10 The Jammu and Kashmir Police has conducted an intensive study of 156 local youth who joined militancy from 2010-2016. The 74 Page report as accessed by The Indian Express is based on the interviews of the families, friends, relatives and the affiliates of the militants. The report also negates the radicalization factor and says most (71%) of the new age militants come from Hanafiya families against 3 per cent of Salafi families and 23% from Jama’at e Islami families. Some of the Highlights of the report are: 32 percent of youths who joined militancy had passed Class X. 19 per cent undergraduates and graduates while 7 per cent were post-graduates constitute. 56 per cent had studied in government schools, 34 per cent had studied in both government and private school...