Additional Director General of Police (ADGP- Kashmir) Vijay Kumar stated on December 31, that a total of 172 terrorists, including 42 foreigners, were killed in more than 93 operations carried out by the Security Forces (SFs) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in 2022, reports Daily Excelsior. He added that the maximum militants neutralised are from the terror outfit Lashkar-e- Toiba (LeT) [108], followed by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) [35], Hizb-ul- Mujahideen (HM) [22], Al-Badr [4], and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH) [3]. He also said that year 2022 witnessed 100 fresh militant recruitments which is 37 per cent less than 2021 and among 100 fresh recruited militants 65 were killed, 17 were arrested while 18 are still active. He further stated that in 2022, “huge quantities of weapons (360) were recovered during encounters and modules’ busting which include 121 AK series rifles, 08 M4 Carbine and 231 pistols. Besides, timely seizure of IEDs, Sticky Bombs and Grenades averted major terror incidents”. He further added that 29 civilians were killed by terrorists including 21 locals (6 Hindus including 3 Kashmiri Pandits [KP] and 15 Muslims) and 8 from other states. A total of 26 Security Forces (SFs) personnel including 14 Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) attained martyrdom during terror attacks/encounters.