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December - 1 
Defence Minister (DM), Nirmala Sitharaman, on December 1, said that people of Kashmir have completely rejected terrorism as she declared that there will be no let up in “anti-militancy operations” in the Valley and the terrorists, who don
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Defence Minister (DM), Nirmala Sitharaman, on December 1, said that people of Kashmir have completely rejected terrorism as she declared that there will be no let up in “anti-militancy operations” in the Valley and the terrorists, who don’t surrender, “will be identified, targeted and eliminated” by the Security Forces (SFs), reports Daily Excelsior. At the same time, she said, there will be a lenient approach towards the militants, who want to surrender and join the national mainstream. She also charged that Pakistan hasn’t stopped “entertaining and facilitating” terrorism and even the “non-state actors” continued to create trouble by preparing militants and pushing them to this side to create trouble. “The people of Kashmir have completely rejected terrorism. For this, they had to sacrifice a lot. The “anti-militancy operations” disturbed their (the people’s) day-to-day routine. Braving all-odds, the people cooperated,” Sitharaman said in an interview to a national news channel coinciding with elimination of 200 militants in Kashmir this year, the feat which was achieved yesterday (December 1). Congratulating various security agencies for massive successes against militants, the Defence Minister also had a word of warning for Pakistan and said “Pakistan has not stopped entertaining or facilitating terrorism. Looking the other way even as non-state actors are fanning trouble, we have repeatedly questioned them long before and even Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been saying that the perpetrators of Mumbai attack have to be brought to trial”.
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December - 1 
Police arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant in Handwara area of Kupwara District on December 1, reports Daily Excelsior. Police said that Affaq Ahmad Bhat alias Abu Huraira, a resident of Panditpura, was arrested by Handwara Polic
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Police arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant in Handwara area of Kupwara District on December 1, reports Daily Excelsior. Police said that Affaq Ahmad Bhat alias Abu Huraira, a resident of Panditpura, was arrested by Handwara Police after it acted on specific information about his presence in the village. Police said that Bhat was involved in providing logistic support to militant Abu Maaz of the LeT. “Handwara police has also busted two hideouts maintained by the said OGW Affaq,” said Police. “Huge cache of ammunition including one pistol, two pistol magazines, 11 pistol rounds, two wireless sets, one YSMS [pairing of smartphones with radio sets to send out short SMSs] set, four mobile sets, one UBGL [Under Barrel Grenade Launcher] thrower, one UBGL grenade, two AK magazines, 105 AK rounds, two compass, one Binocular, one Wire cutter, five battery chargers, 48 batteries, first aid (Made in Pakistan), medicines /cotton bandage, two cooking flames, one perfume, two maps, one jacket, two bags and cosmetics etc were recovered from the hideouts”, Police said.
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December - 1 
Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh, on December 1, said the Security Forces (SFs) have eliminated over 200 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir this year, reports The Times of India. UHM Singh further said, "What has happened to our neighbo
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Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh, on December 1, said the Security Forces (SFs) have eliminated over 200 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir this year, reports The Times of India. UHM Singh further said, "What has happened to our neighbouring country Pakistan...Every day they are doing some mischief or the other, but you would have seen that the morale of our security forces is high, they are ferreting out and eliminating two, four, five, six or seven terrorists every day. The month of December is yet to pass, but we have already gotten rid of more than 200 terrorists (during 2017)." UHM Singh made the remark at a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in Mahudha town in Kheda District of Gujarat.
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December - 2 
Further, clashes erupted at Trichal village in Pulwama District on December 2 after ‘youth’ pelted stones on the SFs near Naira village where a cordon-and-search-operation was launched in the morning of December 2, reports Daily Exce
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Further, clashes erupted at Trichal village in Pulwama District on December 2 after ‘youth’ pelted stones on the SFs near Naira village where a cordon-and-search-operation was launched in the morning of December 2, reports Daily Excelsior. Reports said that ‘youth’ took to streets and pelted stones on the vehicles carrying SFs near Naira village. SFs, however, conducted searches in the village but no militants were found as sources said they had fled before the operation was launched.
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December - 2 
Militants hurled a grenade towards Police Station Baramulla (Baramulla District) in the evening of December 2, reports Daily Excelsior. However, it missed the intended target and exploded on road. A policeman, who was performing his duty a
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Militants hurled a grenade towards Police Station Baramulla (Baramulla District) in the evening of December 2, reports Daily Excelsior. However, it missed the intended target and exploded on road. A policeman, who was performing his duty as Sentry on the entrance of police station, opened fire in air. However, no one was injured.
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December - 2 
Militants in the night of December 2 shot at and injured an apple trader, Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat, outside his residence at Keegam in Shopian District, reports Daily Excelsior.
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Militants in the night of December 2 shot at and injured an apple trader, Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat, outside his residence at Keegam in Shopian District, reports Daily Excelsior.
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December - 2 
On December 2, SFs also conducted searches at Arigam village of Tral in Pulwama District after reports of presence of militants, Daily Excelsior reports. House to house searches were conducted but the operation was later called off as, sour
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On December 2, SFs also conducted searches at Arigam village of Tral in Pulwama District after reports of presence of militants, Daily Excelsior reports. House to house searches were conducted but the operation was later called off as, sources said, militant had fled the village before the operation was launched.
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December - 2 
Separately, Security Forces (SFs) on December 2 launched a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) at Rathsuna village in Budgam District after reports about presence of militants in the village, reports Daily Excelsior. The operation was launched around
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Separately, Security Forces (SFs) on December 2 launched a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) at Rathsuna village in Budgam District after reports about presence of militants in the village, reports Daily Excelsior. The operation was launched around 3.40 pm but was called off after no militants were found in the village.
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December - 3 
On December 3, militants lobbed a grenade at Kralgund Police Station in Handwara area of Kupwara District, reports Daily Excelsior. However, there was no loss of life or damage.
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On December 3, militants lobbed a grenade at Kralgund Police Station in Handwara area of Kupwara District, reports Daily Excelsior. However, there was no loss of life or damage.
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December - 3 
Pakistani troops violating the cease-fire agreement (CFA) opened fire at forward village of Khari Karmara, along the Line of Control (LoC), in Poonch District on December 3, reports Daily Excelsior. Indian troops retaliated. “There was no
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Pakistani troops violating the cease-fire agreement (CFA) opened fire at forward village of Khari Karmara, along the Line of Control (LoC), in Poonch District on December 3, reports Daily Excelsior. Indian troops retaliated. “There was no report of any casualty in the latest CFA violation on the Indian side. However, casualties or damages, if any, on other side of the LoC in retaliation by the Indian troops, were not known,” sources said. Pakistani troops resorted to firing and shelling along the LoC after a gap of three days. Pakistan had violated CFA on the LoC for three consecutive days from November 27 to 29 at Sunderbani and Janghar areas of Rajouri District. According to the data compiled by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Pakistani forces have violated CFA 724 times along the International Border and the LoC till October in comparison to 449 times in 2016. As many as 12 civilians and 17 Security Force (SF) personnel were killed in the firing from across the border till October this year, an unnamed official said. A total of 79 civilians and 67 SF personnel were also injured in the firing.
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December - 3 
SFs launched cordon and search operation in Naira and Tahab villages of Pulwama District after inputs about the presence of militants in these areas, reports Daily Excelsior. However, no contact was established with the militants and militants h
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SFs launched cordon and search operation in Naira and Tahab villages of Pulwama District after inputs about the presence of militants in these areas, reports Daily Excelsior. However, no contact was established with the militants and militants had fled before the operation was launched
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December - 4 
Meanwhile, two militants were arrested by Police in Anantnag District, reports Daily Excelsior. The arrestees were identified as Younis Ahmad Wagay, resident of Hawoora village of Kulgam District; and Rashid Ahmad Allai, son of Farooq Ahmad Alla
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Meanwhile, two militants were arrested by Police in Anantnag District, reports Daily Excelsior. The arrestees were identified as Younis Ahmad Wagay, resident of Hawoora village of Kulgam District; and Rashid Ahmad Allai, son of Farooq Ahmad Allai, resident of Sangam area of Anantnag District. Sources said both the militants were fresh recruits and a Chinese pistol was recovered from the possession of the duo.
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December - 4 
Separately, Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind militants led by their ‘chief’ Zakir Musa on December 4 ‘raided’ Noorpora branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank in the Tral area of Pulwama District and decamped with around INR 100,000. An unnamed
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Separately, Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind militants led by their ‘chief’ Zakir Musa on December 4 ‘raided’ Noorpora branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank in the Tral area of Pulwama District and decamped with around INR 100,000. An unnamed Police official said three armed militants, including Zakir Musa, were involved in the incident. An unnamed Police spokesman claimed that the locals who were present near the Noorpora branch pushed back the militants with stones. “The militants retreated from the bank while firing few aerial gunshots and meanwhile managed to take around Rs 1 lakh currency with them,” he claimed.
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December - 4 
Two militants and a soldier were killed in the Qazigund area of Kulgam District on December 4, reports Daily Excelsior. A group of militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) fired upon Army’s patrolling party at Bounigam in Qazigund on t
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Two militants and a soldier were killed in the Qazigund area of Kulgam District on December 4, reports Daily Excelsior. A group of militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) fired upon Army’s patrolling party at Bounigam in Qazigund on the National Highway, leaving three soldiers injured. One of the injured soldiers died later. The militants fled away after carrying out the attack and took shelter inside a building near the National Highway. As the Security Forces (SFs) intensified searches to trace out the hiding militants, they were fired upon, triggering an encounter. The firing between the two sides continued throughout the day. The SFs finally blasted off the building in which the militants had taken refuge. After searches of the debris were conducted following end of gun fire, two bodies of militants were recovered. However, they were not identified as yet. One of them is believed to be a local and another foreigner. One civilian was injured during the encounter. Another civilian was injured in pellet firing on stone pelters who had gathered in the area and pelted stones on the SFs who were conducting operation.
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December - 5 
Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Muneer Ahmad Khan, stated on December 5 that three bodies of militants were recovered from the debris of the building at Qazigund in Kulgam District where an encounter had taken place on December 4, reports Daily
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Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Muneer Ahmad Khan, stated on December 5 that three bodies of militants were recovered from the debris of the building at Qazigund in Kulgam District where an encounter had taken place on December 4, reports Daily Excelsior. [SATP had earlier reported that two militants were killed in the encounter.] He said that two of the slain militants were identified as Furqan and Maviya. Furqan was ‘divisional commander’ of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and had replaced Ismail in South Kashmir and was responsible for the recent attacks carried out by LeT in South Kashmir. The third killed militant was a local and was identified him as Yawar. Khan said that Yawar and Maviya were involved in the in the July 10, 2017, Amarnath yatra (pilgrimage) bus attack in Anantnag District in which eight pilgrims were killed and 19 others injured and almost all the militants involved in that attack are now dead. He further added one of the militant, identified as Rashid Ahmad Allai, arrested from Janglat Mandi maternity hospital in Anantnag District on December 4 (SATP had reported the arrest earlier) along with a Chinese pistol and live cartridges had joined the Yawar group of LeT. “Investigation conducted so far have established that he was with the three militants at the encounter site and managed to escape”, Police said.
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December - 5 
Meanwhile, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat asserted on December 5 that there will be no let up in the operations against militants in Kashmir, reports Daily Excelsior. “Operations in Kashmir are going on continuously and we are trying to bring a
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Meanwhile, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat asserted on December 5 that there will be no let up in the operations against militants in Kashmir, reports Daily Excelsior. “Operations in Kashmir are going on continuously and we are trying to bring an improvement in the situation in the Valley. Such operations will go on,” Rawat stated. Reacting to former Pakistan President General (retd) Parvez Musharraf’s statement welcoming an alliance with Jammat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Hafiz Saeed for the 2018 general election in Pakistan, he said, “If they want to come into the system then why not the terrorist organisations which are present this (Indian) side participate and be part of the electoral process. How the neighbouring country deals with terrorist organisations is their matter but we will keep raising this,” Rawat said. We do not want that such organisations are promoted, he added.
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December - 5 
Separately, as four militants ‘returned home’ in last few days, Police in Shopian District have started an initiative to reach out the families of the youth who have joined militancy for getting them to the mainstream, reports Daily Excel
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Separately, as four militants ‘returned home’ in last few days, Police in Shopian District have started an initiative to reach out the families of the youth who have joined militancy for getting them to the mainstream, reports Daily Excelsior on December 6. Inspector General of Police, South Kashmir, S P Pani; Senor Superintendent of Police, Shopian, Sriram Ambarkar, and the Shopian Police team met almost 30 families in a bid to call back their near ones. During the interaction police assured to the families that the doors to mainstream are open to these “misguided” youth and every care will be taken for their dignified rehabilitation if they shun the path of violence.
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December - 6 
Al Qaeda (AQ) affiliated group, Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH) urged every Muslim to attack the US and Israeli embassies, also to harm the corporate and financial interests established around the world, reports The Mirror on December 7. “The hono
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Al Qaeda (AQ) affiliated group, Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH) urged every Muslim to attack the US and Israeli embassies, also to harm the corporate and financial interests established around the world, reports The Mirror on December 7. “The honour of Bait Al-Maqdisis will be restored by shedding the blood of Americans and Israelis. The Holy Land must be made a graveyard for Jews, for oppression to end and word of Allah to prevail," said news report. Notably AGuH is al Qaeda affiliated group based in Kashmir. The call was a response to the US President’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel.
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December - 6 
The Kashmir-based al Qaeda affiliated terror group, Ansar Ghazwat ul-Hind (AGuH), on December 6 called on Indian Muslims to join the cause of jihad as ‘Hindus keep changing their tactics until their mission is accomplished—which is to eli
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The Kashmir-based al Qaeda affiliated terror group, Ansar Ghazwat ul-Hind (AGuH), on December 6 called on Indian Muslims to join the cause of jihad as ‘Hindus keep changing their tactics until their mission is accomplished—which is to eliminate every Muslim, be it children, elder, men or women’, reports The Indian Express. The message was also directing the audience in Pakistan, pointing the military ruler ex-Pakistan Army Chief General (retd) Parvez Musharraf’s assault on Lal Masjid premises in Islamabad, “The Babri Masjid and the Lal Masjid were one, and those who extinguished them were also one, both idol-worshippers”. Notably, unlike other jihadist groups operating in Kashmir, AGuH believes in ‘widening the struggle’ to impose Islamic rule in India. The call was read by a jihadist using the pseudonym ‘Sultan Zabul al-Hindi’ whose dialect suggests that he is a non-Hindi speaker. There is no information on any individual from outside of Kashmir serving in AGuH, said intelligence sources.
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December - 7 
Pakistan Army on December 7 violated the cease-fire agreement (CFA) in Degwar sector of Poonch District, along the Line of Control (LoC), by using mortar shells, automatic and semi automatic weapons, reports Daily Excelsior. Reports said Pakistan Arm
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Pakistan Army on December 7 violated the cease-fire agreement (CFA) in Degwar sector of Poonch District, along the Line of Control (LoC), by using mortar shells, automatic and semi automatic weapons, reports Daily Excelsior. Reports said Pakistan Army started pounding forward Army posts. Pakistani troops also targeted civilian population by firing few mortar shells aiming the villages in Degwar and surroundings. The Indian side retaliated very effectively and strongly, leading to exchanges that continued for about one and a half hour. Unconfirmed reports said that an Indian Army trooper was injured in Pakistan shelling and firing, though there was no official confirmation from the Army on injuries suffered by the trooper. There were no other casualties or damages on the Indian side. Sources didn’t rule out damages on Pakistan side in retaliatory firing by the Indian troops. “Pakistan was reported to have suffered heavy damages in retaliation by the Indian side,” they said but added that exact losses were not known.
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December - 8 
Security Forces (SFs) arrested an Over Ground Worker (OGW), Muhammad Younis Sheikh, from Chadoora area of Budgam district, reports Daily Excelsior on December 9. SFs recovered four live grenades have been recovered.
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Security Forces (SFs) arrested an Over Ground Worker (OGW), Muhammad Younis Sheikh, from Chadoora area of Budgam district, reports Daily Excelsior on December 9. SFs recovered four live grenades have been recovered.
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December - 8 
The al Qaeda has restructured its organisational apparatus in India, with one unit being dedicated to terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the other to subversive actions in the rest of India, New Indian Express reports on December 9. The te
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The al Qaeda has restructured its organisational apparatus in India, with one unit being dedicated to terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the other to subversive actions in the rest of India, New Indian Express reports on December 9. The terror outfit has also released a video exhorting Muslims in the uniformed services in India to join their fold, where they can continue to fight while practising Islam. As part of the internal restructuring, the outfit designated for Jammu and Kashmir has been named Al Qaeda Kashmir (AQK), to be led by Zakir Musa, who has been operating in the Valley under the banner of Ansar Ghazwat-ul Hind after breaking away from Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in 2016. Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), headed by Maulana Asim Umar alias Sanaul Haque, will carry forward the terror agenda of the outfit in the rest of the country. “The AQK has also been given responsibility for training radicalised youth for terror operations in the Valley and beyond. The Musa-led group has so far motivated 15-20 Kashmiris to join its ranks for so-called jihad and to fight for the Rohingyas in Rakhine state of Myanmar,” a senior Intelligence official said.
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December - 8 
The Jammu Police on December 8, has arrested Showkat Ahmed from Reasi district of Jammu, in the case of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), reportsThe Times of India on December 9. The Police recovered fake currency notes of worth Rs. 6.30 Lakhs along
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The Jammu Police on December 8, has arrested Showkat Ahmed from Reasi district of Jammu, in the case of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), reportsThe Times of India on December 9. The Police recovered fake currency notes of worth Rs. 6.30 Lakhs along with a computer and other gadgets that have been used in the production of counterfeit notes. The investigation started few days ago when a local resident—Bahar Din approached the Police with Fake notes of worth Rs. 6,000 and reported that these notes were given by Mohammad Maqbool, said Jammu Police’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tahir Bhat of Reasi district. On December 6, Jammu Police arrested Mohammad Maqbool and he revealed the name of Showkat Ahmed—resident of Kulgam district and main accused in this case.
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December - 9 
Meanwhile, an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was arrested by SFs during operation in Handwara area of Kupwara District on December 9, reports Daily Excelsior. Police said that on a specific input, Handwara Police, 30RR and 92 Centr
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Meanwhile, an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was arrested by SFs during operation in Handwara area of Kupwara District on December 9, reports Daily Excelsior. Police said that on a specific input, Handwara Police, 30RR and 92 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a joint operation and arrested one OGW of LeT identified as Rayaz Ahmed Khan alias Bita Khan alias Baba son of Abdul Rashid Khan from his home at Hajin in Handwara area. SFs also destroyed one hideout in his house and recovered one AK 56 rifle, 2 magazines, 25 rounds of AK 56, one spare butt and one wire cutter from the hideout.
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December - 9 
Security Forces (SFs) launched cordon and searches operation in Shopian District after a brief encounter with militants on December 9, reports Daily Excelsior. Army’s 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) cordon off Ganawpora and Barthipora villages of Shop
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Security Forces (SFs) launched cordon and searches operation in Shopian District after a brief encounter with militants on December 9, reports Daily Excelsior. Army’s 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) cordon off Ganawpora and Barthipora villages of Shopian District, following inputs regarding movement of three militants. As they challenged militants, the latter opened fire on the Army men leading to a brief gun battle. Militants, however, fled from the spot and were believed to have taken shelter either in Ganawpora or Barthipora.
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December - 10 
Also, Pakistan Army again violated ceasefire on the LoC at Shahpur Kirni sub sector in Poonch district, reports Daily Excelsior.
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Also, Pakistan Army again violated ceasefire on the LoC at Shahpur Kirni sub sector in Poonch district, reports Daily Excelsior.
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December - 10 
In reply to Pakistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Khawaja Muhammad Asif’s letter dated on December 5 regarding ceasefire violations on LoC and India-Pakistan International Border (IB), India’s Union Minister of External Affai
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In reply to Pakistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Khawaja Muhammad Asif’s letter dated on December 5 regarding ceasefire violations on LoC and India-Pakistan International Border (IB), India’s Union Minister of External Affairs (UMEA) Sushma Swaraj written to Khawaja Asif that Pakistan must claim the ceasefire violation as the firing by Indian Armed Forces was only retaliatory to curb infiltration and cross-border incursions, reports The Times of India on December 11. In his letter, Khawaja Asif claimed that India violates the ceasefire over 1,300 times in 2017 whereas, the Indian figures argued that the ceasefire violations by Pakistani forces figures to over 700 times until October 2017. "India has responded to the letter and instead of accepting our message for peace once again repeated old allegations of cross-border incursions and refused to stop violations”, said Pakistan’s foreign spokesman Mohammad Faisal.
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December - 10 
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) reportedly vowed to step-up the terror operations against India and the United States (US), reports ANI News on December 11. "We have been waging a war for the past 28 years and still asking we had got nothing. But, if you
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Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) reportedly vowed to step-up the terror operations against India and the United States (US), reports ANI News on December 11. "We have been waging a war for the past 28 years and still asking we had got nothing. But, if you ask from those who are ready to sacrifice their lives for Kashmir then they will tell you that their shedding of blood in Kashmir will not go in vain but it becomes more fruitful. They are doing Jihad for Kashmir but doing it for Allah,” said the father of one of the militants killed by Indian Security Forces (SFs) on November 6, 2017, in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The ‘pledge’ was taken at a conclave - ‘Shohada-e-Kashmir’ - in Rawalakot (Poonch District of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The conclave was attended by Maulana Talha Saif, younger brother of Maulana Masood Azhar; Maulana Mufti Asghar Khan, emir (chief) of JeM and many others.
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December - 10 
Meanwhile, an Indian Army Junior Commission Officer (JCO) was injured in Pakistani firing in Nowshera sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district on December 10, reports Daily Excelsior. He was reportedly hit by a sniper shot fired by
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Meanwhile, an Indian Army Junior Commission Officer (JCO) was injured in Pakistani firing in Nowshera sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district on December 10, reports Daily Excelsior. He was reportedly hit by a sniper shot fired by Pakistani troops, leading to injuries.
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December - 10 
Meanwhile, officials said that that suspected LeT operative Abdul Nayeem Sheikh, who was arrested from Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) in November 2017, had spent some time in south Kashmir and pictured some Army installations, Daily Excelsior reported on De
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Meanwhile, officials said that that suspected LeT operative Abdul Nayeem Sheikh, who was arrested from Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) in November 2017, had spent some time in south Kashmir and pictured some Army installations, Daily Excelsior reported on December 11. Sheikh, a resident of Aurangabad in Maharashtra, was on the radar of central intelligence agencies for quite some time before he was arrested with the help of Uttar Pradesh Police in the last week of November. During interrogation, Sheikh disclosed that he had stayed in Pulwama, moved to various places with the help of one Malik and even photographed some Army and para-military camps, the officials claimed. Sheikh, who was wanted in connection with a 2014 terror case and was since on the run, told investigators that some important power projects and railway tracks in the Valley were surveyed, they said.
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December - 10 
Security Forces (SFs) killed three militants suspected to be Pakistani, in an encounter, at Unisoo village in Kupwara District in the night of December 10, reports Indian Express.Unconfirmed reports say that a lady was also killed in the exchange of
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Security Forces (SFs) killed three militants suspected to be Pakistani, in an encounter, at Unisoo village in Kupwara District in the night of December 10, reports Indian Express.Unconfirmed reports say that a lady was also killed in the exchange of firing between militants and forces.
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December - 10 
Separately, SFs on December 10 cordoned off Hanjin village of Kralgund Handwara in Kupwara District following intelligence inputs about the presence of militants, Daily Excelsior reports. The area continued to be under cordon. SFs conducted searches
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Separately, SFs on December 10 cordoned off Hanjin village of Kralgund Handwara in Kupwara District following intelligence inputs about the presence of militants, Daily Excelsior reports. The area continued to be under cordon. SFs conducted searches in the village several times during last 10 days.
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December - 11 
Further, giving details about the encounter at Unisoo village in Handwara area of Kupwara District in which three militants were killed on December 11, Police said, that acting on a specific input, Security Forces (SFs) launched a cordon and search o
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Further, giving details about the encounter at Unisoo village in Handwara area of Kupwara District in which three militants were killed on December 11, Police said, that acting on a specific input, Security Forces (SFs) launched a cordon and search operation in Mir Mohalla, reports Daily Excelsior. “During search operation, terrorists hiding in the house of Abdul Hamid Mir fired upon the joint search party,” an unnamed Police official said, adding that the fire was retaliated, ensuing an encounter. “Three unidentified terrorists of LeT [Lashkar-e-Toiba] were killed in this encounter. The identity of these terrorists is being ascertained. Three AK rifles along with other ammunition were recovered from the encounter site,” the spokesman added. Police said that five members of the family got trapped inside a house and one member believed to be daughter-in-law of the house owner tried to escape during which she sustained wounds and subsequently died. Soon after the encounter, protests broke out at Unisoo against the ‘killing’ of the woman, identified as Mysara.
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December - 11 
In a publication dated December 1 in their magazine Rumiyah the Islamic State (IS) has urged the Kashmiri Muslims to re-initiate their jihad under the “banner of the Khalifah” and behead every Indian and Pakistani soldiers who confront th
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In a publication dated December 1 in their magazine Rumiyah the Islamic State (IS) has urged the Kashmiri Muslims to re-initiate their jihad under the “banner of the Khalifah” and behead every Indian and Pakistani soldiers who confront them, reports The Times of India on December 12. The ‘article’ also warned the audience not to be swayed away with lies by spies of Research and Analysis Wing (RA&W) and Inter Service Intelligence (ISI), intelligence agencies of India and Pakistan, respectively. "Even if their names resemble those of Muslims, they are murtadd (apostate) and have left the religion of Allah just as the arrow leaves the bow, so crush the heads of these wolves in sheep's clothing before these murtaddin (a person who became apostate) hit you," said the post uploaded on SITE Intelligence Group website, as reported in the news report. Originally published in Urdu language, the ‘article’ was translated by a Kashmiri-centric pro-IS media group ‘Al Qaraar’.
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December - 11 
Two private security guards of Jammu and Kashmir Bank were killed after militants attacked a cash van of the Bank in Kellar area of Shopian District on December 11, reports Daily Excelsior. Police said militants intercepted a Scorpio of the Bank at P
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Two private security guards of Jammu and Kashmir Bank were killed after militants attacked a cash van of the Bank in Kellar area of Shopian District on December 11, reports Daily Excelsior. Police said militants intercepted a Scorpio of the Bank at Poju Kral Check in Kellar area and fired indiscriminately at it. Two bank security guards sustained injuries and died later. Due to firing, the driver of the vehicle lost his balance and the vehicle turned turtle. Police, however, said that no cash was looted from the van as it had already been deposited in the bank. The officer said that the van was on way to Kellar from Pulwama. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, South Kashmir range, SP Pani through official Twitter handle said: “Militants attacked a JK bank cash van # Shopian. In the attack two bank guards lost their lives. No cash looted. Driver of the vehicle is stable…search continues.”
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December - 12 
Meanwhile, Special Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF, Jammu and Kashmir Zone), S N Shrivastava said on December 12 that the situation in Kashmir was fast returning to normal as the people of the Valley were rejecting terrorism an
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Meanwhile, Special Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF, Jammu and Kashmir Zone), S N Shrivastava said on December 12 that the situation in Kashmir was fast returning to normal as the people of the Valley were rejecting terrorism and appealing to misguided youths to shun the path of violence and return to the mainstream, reports Daily Excelsior. He said the situation has witnessed a sea change as recruitment of local youths into militancy was declining along with stone-pelting incidents. “I don’t want to give the number of active militants but positive action and good behavior have a very good impact on the overall situation in the Valley which has improved a lot”, adding, “The situation (in Kashmir) has normalised to a large extent and we are hopeful that complete normalcy will return very soon.” He said Security Forces were moving in the right direction and “anything positive that will help normalise the situation will be done”. About the threat posed by AGuH, the officer said, “I feel the people (of Kashmir) have rejected that idea as well.” “Almost the entire militant leadership was neutralised which left all the terrorist organisations weak,” he said.
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December - 12 
Police on December 12 said that a boy hailing from Rainawari area of downtown Srinagar (Srinagar District) was arrested at Qamria Chowk in main town of Ganderbal District and thus prevented from joining Zakir-Musa led Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), re
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Police on December 12 said that a boy hailing from Rainawari area of downtown Srinagar (Srinagar District) was arrested at Qamria Chowk in main town of Ganderbal District and thus prevented from joining Zakir-Musa led Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), reports Daily Excelsior. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP, Ganderbal), Fayaz Ahmad Lone said the boy was in surveillance and being tracked as he was in contact with some Pakistani militants who are also under surveillance. “Acting on a tip off, police intercepted the boy. He was in touch with Pakistani militants on social media sites and later on confessed that he was going to join Ansar Ghazwatul Hind,” the SSP said, adding that after counseling, the boy was handed over to his parents. He appealed parents to watch the activities of their children and prevent from those elements who wash their minds to indulge in militant activities.
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December - 15 
As India and Bangladesh celebrated the ‘Vijay Divas’ and ‘Victory Day’ respectively on December 16, the chief of Jammat-ud-dawa (JuD) and founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Hafiz Saeed remarked a ‘fresh’ warning to &
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As India and Bangladesh celebrated the ‘Vijay Divas’ and ‘Victory Day’ respectively on December 16, the chief of Jammat-ud-dawa (JuD) and founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Hafiz Saeed remarked a ‘fresh’ warning to ‘liberate’ Kashmir in a vengeance of Pakistan’s defeat and creation of Bangladesh in the India-Pakistan war in 1971, reports The New Indian Express on December 16. “We will avenge creation of Bangladesh by liberating Kashmir,” said Hafiz Saeed, mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, while addressing a gathering in Lahore (Pakistan).
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December - 15 
Meanwhile, authorities on December 15 foiled separatist public rally at Anantnag town by imposing restrictions in Anantnag town and parts of Srinagar while senior resistance separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was detained by Police as he attempted
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Meanwhile, authorities on December 15 foiled separatist public rally at Anantnag town by imposing restrictions in Anantnag town and parts of Srinagar while senior resistance separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was detained by Police as he attempted to march towards Anantnag from his residence, Daily Excelsior reports. To foil the rally, Police placed Syed Ali Shah Geelani under house arrest while Yasin Malik was lodged in Central Jail Srinagar.
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December - 16 
A foreign militant of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was killed in a mine blast at Tral in Pulwama District on December 16 (today), an unnamed senior Police officer said, reports Daily Excelsior. He said on a tip-off, the Security Forces recovered body of th
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A foreign militant of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was killed in a mine blast at Tral in Pulwama District on December 16 (today), an unnamed senior Police officer said, reports Daily Excelsior. He said on a tip-off, the Security Forces recovered body of the dead militant. The militant was killed when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), he was preparing exploded. The identity of the militant was being ascertained, he added.
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December - 16 
Meanwhile, the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant killed in a mine blast at Tral in Pulwama District on December 16 (reported earlier), had identified the deceased as Umar Bhai of Pakistan.
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Meanwhile, the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant killed in a mine blast at Tral in Pulwama District on December 16 (reported earlier), had identified the deceased as Umar Bhai of Pakistan.
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December - 17 
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kupwara, and around a dozen protesters were injured in clashes that broke out in Kupwara District on December 17 after a driver was killed in an Army ambush in Kupwara District in the night of December 16, repor
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Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kupwara, and around a dozen protesters were injured in clashes that broke out in Kupwara District on December 17 after a driver was killed in an Army ambush in Kupwara District in the night of December 16, reports Daily Excelsior. SSP, Kupwara, Shamsheer Hussain, said that the killing of the Sumo driver was a case of “mistaken identity”. He said that locals said that he was killed when he was coming out of his house but Army said he was killed in an ambush laid against the militants in the village. Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Khalid Jahangir, has ordered time bound probe into the killing of the driver. Army’s Srinagar based Defence spokesman said: “Based on information of presence of militants in Thandipora village, army placed ambushes to maintain surveillance over the area on night 16/17 December. At around 2255 hours, ambush party observed suspicious movement of three persons near nallah in Thandipora village. The individuals were challenged by troops. However, they did not respond. Thereafter, militants opened fire towards Army ambush party which was retaliated. In the crossfire, one person, later identified as Asif Iqbal Bhat, son of Mohammad Iqbal Bhat, resident of Thandipora was killed due to gunshot wound. It is learnt that he was a sumo taxi driver. Investigations are in progress”, the spokesman said.
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December - 17 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will soon file charges against seven Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) separatists and a businessman — who are suspected to received huge money over the years from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizb-ul Mujahideen (HuM
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will soon file charges against seven Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) separatists and a businessman — who are suspected to received huge money over the years from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizb-ul Mujahideen (HuM) and their mentor agency, Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), reportsThe Times of India on December 18. Reportedly, the pro-Pakistani separatists in India had used the money that they have received to finance local militants engaged in combat with Indian Security Forces (SFs), spearheading the stone pelting and recruiting youngsters from Kashmir for anti-Indian activities, said NIA sources. "The investigation is almost finished. We will approach the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) very soon seeking prosecution sanction and then a Chargesheet will be filed in January 2018. Four officers from the Union Ministry of Finance (UMF) worked round-the-clock for this case," said an NIA officer requesting anonymity.
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December - 18 
Meanwhile, Police on December 18 busted a militant hideout at Chandergair village of Hajin in Bandipora District, reports Daily Excelsior. A search operation was launched by the SFs at around 10:30 pm in the night of December 17. The operation was la
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Meanwhile, Police on December 18 busted a militant hideout at Chandergair village of Hajin in Bandipora District, reports Daily Excelsior. A search operation was launched by the SFs at around 10:30 pm in the night of December 17. The operation was launched on the disclosure of a youth, Rayees Ahmad Baba, a resident of Bon-Mohalla Asham, who was arrested from Shopian by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Police. During the search operation, SFs recovered arms and ammunition from the cowshed of one Abdul Rehman Parrey, son of Muhammad Anwar Parrey, a resident of Chandergeer Hajin.
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December - 18 
Separately, the SFs on December 18 launched a cordon and search-operation in several villages of Shopian District, reports Daily Excelsior. The searches were launched in Chatripora, Vehil, Nowgam, Panduchan, Kapran, Rey Kapran, Dangam and Wangam vill
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Separately, the SFs on December 18 launched a cordon and search-operation in several villages of Shopian District, reports Daily Excelsior. The searches were launched in Chatripora, Vehil, Nowgam, Panduchan, Kapran, Rey Kapran, Dangam and Wangam villages. The operation was launched after inputs about the presence of militants in the area. However, the militants were not traced and search operation was called off.
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December - 18 
Two unidentified militants were killed in an overnight encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in Shopian District, the Army said on December 19 (today), reports Daily Excelsior. SFs launched a cordon and search operation in Wanipora area of Shopian in
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Two unidentified militants were killed in an overnight encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in Shopian District, the Army said on December 19 (today), reports Daily Excelsior. SFs launched a cordon and search operation in Wanipora area of Shopian in the evening of December 18 following information about presence of militants in the area, an unnamed Army official said. He said the search operation turned into an encounter as militants opened firing towards the SFs. “Two militants have been killed so far and the operation is still in progress”, he further said.
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December - 19 
A woman, identified as Rubby Jan, 24, alias Beauty, wife of one Manzoor Ahmad Mir, was killed in cross-fire during the overnight (December 18-19) encounter at Bata Murran village in the Wanipora area of Shopian District, Daily Excelsior reports
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A woman, identified as Rubby Jan, 24, alias Beauty, wife of one Manzoor Ahmad Mir, was killed in cross-fire during the overnight (December 18-19) encounter at Bata Murran village in the Wanipora area of Shopian District, Daily Excelsior reports on December 20. As reported earlier (SATP), two militants were killed in that encounterat Bata Murran village. “Two JeM [Jaish-e-Mohammad] militants were killed in the encounter and have been identified as Tanveer Ahmad from Bata Murran Shopian and Ali alias Qari, a foreign militant. Two AK rifles and other allied ammunition were recovered from the encounter site,” an unnamed Police spokesman said. A soldier and a Policeman were also injured during the encounter. Subsequent to the encounter, clashes broke out near the encounter site. Security Forces (SFs) fired tear smoke and fired some aerial shots to disperse them, resulting in the injuries to more than 40 persons, including Rubby Jan, 24. Rubby Jan later succumbed to injuries.
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December - 19 
Separately, militants in the evening of December 19 hurled a grenade towards District Police Lines (DPL) Pulwama (Pulwama Distrcit), reports Daily Excelsior. The grenade missed the intended target and exploded on the road. Police also fired in air an
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Separately, militants in the evening of December 19 hurled a grenade towards District Police Lines (DPL) Pulwama (Pulwama Distrcit), reports Daily Excelsior. The grenade missed the intended target and exploded on the road. Police also fired in air and launched searches around the DPL. However, no one was arrested.
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December - 19 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) on December 19 said there has been considerable improvement in security situation in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and maintained that in view of “encouraging response’’ to Centre Government&r
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) on December 19 said there has been considerable improvement in security situation in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and maintained that in view of “encouraging response’’ to Centre Government’s Special Representative on J&K, Dineshwar Sharma, the Government was expecting that all stakeholders in the State, who believe in peace would support the Government initiative and join the dialogue process, Daily Excelsior reports. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Hansraj Ahir told the Lok Sabha (Lower Hosue of Indian Parliament) that there were 341 terror incidents in J&K between November 1, 2016, to October 31, 2017 in comparison to 311 such incidents in the corresponding period of the previous year. Terror-related incidents in the State till December 10 2017 were also the highest at 335 as compared to 322 in calendar year 2016, 208 in 2015 and 222 in 2014, he added. He said that 203 terrorists were killed in J&K in 2017 till December 10, as compared to 150 in calendar year 2016, 108 in 2015 and 110 in 2014. Talking about the number of civilians killed in terror- related violence in the State, he said while 37 of them were killed till December 10 2017, 15 were killed in calendar year 2016, 17 in 2015 and 28 in 2014. According to the data provided by the Minister, while 75 SF personnel were killed in J&K till December 10 2017, 82 were killed in calendar year 2016, 39 in 2015 and 47 in 2014. In response to another question, Ahir said Pakistan violated the ceasefire a total of 881 times along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in J&K this year, killing 30 people. “Pakistan violated the ceasefire along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir 771 times till December 10, and 110 times along the IB till November-end,’’ he added. In these incidents of firing from across the border, 30 people — 14 Army personnel, 12 civilians and four Border Security Force (BSF) personnel — were killed. No cross-border firing has been reported in other States except Jammu and Kashmir along the border with Pakistan, he said. In 2016, there were 449 incidents of ceasefire violations in which 13 civilians and 13 SF personnel were killed and 83 civilians and 99 SF personnel were injured.
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December - 21 
According to official statistics, at least 327 persons including 208 militants, 75 Security Force (SF) personnel and 40 civilians were killed in militancy-related violence in Jammu and Kashmir this year, highest in last five years, reports The New In
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According to official statistics, at least 327 persons including 208 militants, 75 Security Force (SF) personnel and 40 civilians were killed in militancy-related violence in Jammu and Kashmir this year, highest in last five years, reports The New Indian Express on December 22. According to the data, as many as 338 militancy incidents were reported from the State this year so far. In these 338 violent incidents, 327 persons were killed.As per the data, 208 militants, 75 security men including Police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF) and Army men and 40 civilians were killed in the State this year. “Four bank guards were also killed in two attacks on Jammu and Kashmir bank cash vans by militants in volatile south Kashmir this year,” reveals the official figures. The militant and civilian casualties this year is highest in last five years.The SFs launched ‘Operation All Out’ against militants in the Valley this year after surge in militancy violence in the first part of this year. Among the 208 militants killed in encounters with SFs this year include top ‘commanders’ of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Most of the wanted militant commanders have been killed by the SFs this year. Now Zakir Moosa, who is head of al Qaeda’s Kashmir affiliate Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and HM’s Riyaz Naikoo are among half a dozen wanted militant commanders still active.According to the official data, 148 militants were killed in 2016, 150 in 2015, 108 in 2014 and 110 in 2013. Similarly, 14 civilians were killed in militancy violence in the State last year, 15 in 2015, 17 in 2014 and 28 in 2013. As per the official statistics, 78 security personnel were killed in militant violence in the State last year followed by 82 in 2015, 39 in 2014 and 47 in 2013.The SFs this year also revived Cordon and Search Operations (CASOs) in the Valley after 15 years. The CASOs were the permanent feature during anti-militancy operations in the Valley in 1990s. However, the CASOs were discontinued by the security in 2002 after facing stiff opposition and resentment from locals, civil society members, mainstream groups and separatists. In view of success of “Operation All Out” against militants, the security agencies have decided to continue the operation in the winter months in the Valley also. A security official said there would be no let up in heat and pressure against the militants and ‘Operation all-out’ would continue. “We will be targeting every militant commander active in the Valley,” the official said.
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December - 21 
Meanwhile, Police on December 21 arrested a youth from Pulwama District for allegedly posting a photograph on social media with a caption that a boy from Budgam District has joined the militant ranks, reports Greater Kashmir. Senior Superintendent of
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Meanwhile, Police on December 21 arrested a youth from Pulwama District for allegedly posting a photograph on social media with a caption that a boy from Budgam District has joined the militant ranks, reports Greater Kashmir. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Budgam Teijinder Sighh said that recently a photograph of a boy Shahnawaz Rashid Wani (15) was in circulation on different Whatsapp groups for having reportedly ‘joined’ the militant ranks of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM). He said that the parents of the boy lodged a complaint at police station Beerwah and accordingly a vide FIR (First Information Report) No 178/2017 U/S 505 RPC, 67 IT Act was registered against the ‘mischief monger.’ “A team from police station Beerwah was constituted to ascertain the facts. During the course of investigation, it came to surface that the boy is a student of 9th class at government high school Chewdara and is busy with his studies and has not joined any banned outfit,” Singh said.
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December - 21 
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh on December 21 cleared the recruitment of 10,000 posts of Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Jammu and Kashmir, which he had blocked after complaints from the State BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) leader
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Meanwhile, Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh on December 21 cleared the recruitment of 10,000 posts of Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Jammu and Kashmir, which he had blocked after complaints from the State BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) leadership and some other quarters about ‘‘regional bias’’ in the recruitment.These and some other significant announcements on Jammu and Kashmir were conveyed by the PM and the UHM during separate meetings with Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh in New Delhi on December 21 morning. Modi and Rajnath while reviewing security and political situation in Jammu and Kashmir, directed that the State should encourage stakeholders in the State to join dialogue process initiated by the Centre Government through its Special Representative Dineshwar Sharma. They indicated that more Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) could be taken by the Centre to boost dialogue process in the State. Rajnath Singh lifted the ban imposed on 10,000 vacancies of SPOs sanctioned by the Union Home Ministry for recruitment in Jammu and Kashmir for “operational purposes’’ to “counter terrorism’’.
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December - 21 
Pakistan army on December 21 violated cease-fire agreement (CFA) on the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Rajouri District using mortar shells and semi-automatic weapons, reports Daily Excelsior. According to report, Pakistan army opened fi
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Pakistan army on December 21 violated cease-fire agreement (CFA) on the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Rajouri District using mortar shells and semi-automatic weapons, reports Daily Excelsior. According to report, Pakistan army opened firing and then lobbed few mortar shells in forward villages of Kulhadi and Numb in Janghar area of Nowshera sector along the LoC in Rajouri District at 5.40 pm. The Indian side retaliated effectively to silence the Pakistani guns. Exchanges lasted about an hour but there were no casualties or damages on the Indian side in Pakistan shelling and firing. Losses, if any, on the other side, couldn’t be ascertained, report said.
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December - 21 
Police withdrew cases of stone pelting against 146 youth in South Kashmir’s Pulwama District on December 21, reports Daily Excelsior. A Police spokesperson said they have withdrawn cases against 146 youth, who were named in 21 cases of stone pe
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Police withdrew cases of stone pelting against 146 youth in South Kashmir’s Pulwama District on December 21, reports Daily Excelsior. A Police spokesperson said they have withdrawn cases against 146 youth, who were named in 21 cases of stone pelting. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) - South Kashmir, SP Pani while making the announcement said that the youth granted amnesty would not be called to Police stations. “146 youth, who were named in 21 cases, were granted amnesty today. These youth will not face any issues in getting passport or other services. They don’t need to follow their cases anymore,” he said while addressing scores of such youth and their families at Police Lines Pulwama.
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December - 21 
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on December 21 said that there will be no compromise on terrorism and separatism in Jammu and Kashmir but at the same time the dialogue process initiated through Special Representative Dineshwar Sharma would go on fo
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Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on December 21 said that there will be no compromise on terrorism and separatism in Jammu and Kashmir but at the same time the dialogue process initiated through Special Representative Dineshwar Sharma would go on for restoration of peace in the troubled Valley, reports Daily Excelsior.
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December - 21 
Security Forces (SFs) on December 21 cordoned off Hajin area of Bandipora District and conducted searches as they suspected the presence of at least three militants hiding there, reports Daily Excelsior. Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Special Operation Gr
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Security Forces (SFs) on December 21 cordoned off Hajin area of Bandipora District and conducted searches as they suspected the presence of at least three militants hiding there, reports Daily Excelsior. Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Special Operation Group (SOG) of Police cordoned off Banger Mohalla and Wahab-Parray Mohalla of Hanjin village in the evening after inputs about presence of militants inside the village. However, there was no exchange of gunfire.
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December - 22 
Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar to foil protests called by separatists against civilian killings while two petrol bombs were hurled at Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on December 22, reports Daily Excelsior. Authorities on D
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Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar to foil protests called by separatists against civilian killings while two petrol bombs were hurled at Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on December 22, reports Daily Excelsior. Authorities on December 22 once again disallowed Friday prayers at historic Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta in Srinagar and clamped strict restrictions in various parts of downtown to prevent post Friday protests in view of the call given by the joint resistance leadership (JRL) on December 19 against civilian killings in recent gunfights. Police and CRPF imposed restrictions in Nowhatta and adjoining areas. They also imposed restrictions in adjoining Rajouri Kadal, Bhori Kadal, Malarrata, Saraf Kadal areas of the city.
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December - 22 
In the meantime, some youth hurled three petrol bombs on CRPF and Safa Kadal in Srinagar District. Two petrol bombs were hurled at Braripora area and another at a Police post at Bagiyas, Safa Kadal. However, no one was reported injured in the i
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In the meantime, some youth hurled three petrol bombs on CRPF and Safa Kadal in Srinagar District. Two petrol bombs were hurled at Braripora area and another at a Police post at Bagiyas, Safa Kadal. However, no one was reported injured in the incidents.
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December - 22 
Meanwhile, situation across Kashmir remained peaceful barring some incidents of stone pelting at Braripora area of Safa Kadal in Srinagar District, footbridge in Parimpora and Janglat Mandi in Anantnag District. At Braripora area of Safa Kadal, some
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Meanwhile, situation across Kashmir remained peaceful barring some incidents of stone pelting at Braripora area of Safa Kadal in Srinagar District, footbridge in Parimpora and Janglat Mandi in Anantnag District. At Braripora area of Safa Kadal, some youth pelted stones on CRPF 161 battalion who chased them by using few tear smoke shells.
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December - 22 
On December 22, Al-Qaraar had published a poster calling Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind fighters and its leader, Zakir Musa, to join the IS. Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind was floated by al Qaeda as its Kashmir wing, with former Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) leader Zakir Mu
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On December 22, Al-Qaraar had published a poster calling Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind fighters and its leader, Zakir Musa, to join the IS. Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind was floated by al Qaeda as its Kashmir wing, with former Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) leader Zakir Musa in the lead. Al Qaraar uploaded the poster carrying the message: "We invite soldiers of Ansaar Gazwat-ul-Hind and their Ameer Zakir Musa to join the caravan of the Caliphate respond to the call of time... don't listen to the blames of the blamers" — on its Telegram channel and Twitter account on December 22
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December - 23 
A Major and three soldiers of the Indian Army were killed in ceasefire agreement (CFA) violation by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keri sector in Rajouri District on December 23, reports Daily Excelsior. One soldier was also inju
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A Major and three soldiers of the Indian Army were killed in ceasefire agreement (CFA) violation by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keri sector in Rajouri District on December 23, reports Daily Excelsior. One soldier was also injured in the incident.
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December - 23 
Earlier, on December 23, four Indian Army soldiers, including a Major, were killed in Pakistan firing in Keri sector in Rajouri District.
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Earlier, on December 23, four Indian Army soldiers, including a Major, were killed in Pakistan firing in Keri sector in Rajouri District.
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December - 23 
Inspector General (IG) - Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Ravideep Sahi on December 23 said that amnesty given to first-time stone-pelters in Kashmir was a ‘large-hearted’ approach of the Government, reports Greater Kashmir. Ravideep
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Inspector General (IG) - Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Ravideep Sahi on December 23 said that amnesty given to first-time stone-pelters in Kashmir was a ‘large-hearted’ approach of the Government, reports Greater Kashmir. Ravideep Sahi said in Srinagar that youth who have been granted amnesty should take benefit of this ‘large-hearted’ approach. “It is a good step. It will encourage people to shun the path of violence. I wish and hope that people who have been granted amnesty should channelise their energy in a positive way,” said Sahi. He also praised the efforts of the forces to wean off youth from militancy. “Off late, we have had success in this direction. Several people, including a footballer, shunned the path of violence and returned home,” said Sahi.
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December - 24 
According to officials, Pakistan has violated ceasefire along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir 771 times till December 10, and 110 times along the IB till November-end this year, reports Daily Excelsior. Thirty people including 14 Army personnel 12 civil
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According to officials, Pakistan has violated ceasefire along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir 771 times till December 10, and 110 times along the IB till November-end this year, reports Daily Excelsior. Thirty people including 14 Army personnel 12 civilians and 4 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed in such incidents
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December - 24 
Additionally, two hours of mortar shelling and firing was reported on December 24 at Shahpur sector of Poonch, reports Daily Excelsior. A number of Pakistani posts and bunkers were reportedly damaged extensively. Later another Cease Fire Violation (C
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Additionally, two hours of mortar shelling and firing was reported on December 24 at Shahpur sector of Poonch, reports Daily Excelsior. A number of Pakistani posts and bunkers were reportedly damaged extensively. Later another Cease Fire Violation (CFA) was also reported in Balakote sector of Mendhar in Poonch District. Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a total of 881 ceasefire violations this year, highest in the past seven years, along the LoC and the International Border (IB), resulting in the death of 34 persons.
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December - 24 
Indian Security Forces (SFs) killed at least two snipers of Pakistan army on December 24 at Rajouri and Poonch District reports Daily Excelsior. Unidentified number of Pakistani troopers has also been wounded in the incident.
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Indian Security Forces (SFs) killed at least two snipers of Pakistan army on December 24 at Rajouri and Poonch District reports Daily Excelsior. Unidentified number of Pakistani troopers has also been wounded in the incident.
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December - 24 
On December 24, Indian troops had gunned down two sniper shooters of Pakistan army in Nowshera and Poonch, who were plotting to snipe the Indian Army jawans. Sources said five killings during last two days have created panic in the Pakistani camp and
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On December 24, Indian troops had gunned down two sniper shooters of Pakistan army in Nowshera and Poonch, who were plotting to snipe the Indian Army jawans. Sources said five killings during last two days have created panic in the Pakistani camp and hectic activity was seen across LoC in Nowshera and Poonch sectors.
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December - 25 
A Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) ‘commander’, identified as Noor Muhammad Tantray was killed in an encounter in Samboora in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir on December 25th night, reports The Indian Express. Noor Muhammad Tantray, was on th
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A Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) ‘commander’, identified as Noor Muhammad Tantray was killed in an encounter in Samboora in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir on December 25th night, reports The Indian Express. Noor Muhammad Tantray, was on the wanted list of the Indian Army. Acting on a tip-off, a crack team of Jammu and Kashmir Police cordoned off a house where two JeM militants were believed to be holed up, the Police said. Tantray was the ‘divisional commander’ of the militant group and was reportedly behind the recent attack by the JeM in Kashmir. He was lodged in Tihar jail and then later released on parole.According to reports, Noor Mohammad Tantray had taken over command of the JeM in South Kashmir in October 2017 and was engineering the outfit’s bid to regroup in the Valley. He was arrested in Delhi in 2003 and sentenced to life by a POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002) court in 2011 but had jumped parole a few months ago and rejoined militancy. In January 2011, Tantray and four others, including two from Kashmir, were sentenced to life imprisonment by a POTA court in Delhi. After being lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail for some time, he was shifted to Srinagar. Tantray was released on parole in 2015, after which the Jammu and Kashmir High Court extended his parole several times. Tantray’s death is seen as a big blow to the militant outfit as he was the key man in reviving JeM in south and central Kashmir.
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December - 25 
A pro-Islamic State (IS) Kashmir-centric media unit Al-Qaraar has released a video of an alleged Kashmiri 'fighter' asking fellow fighters and Muslims in the Valley to pledge allegiance to the terror group IS and join its so-called 'calip
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A pro-Islamic State (IS) Kashmir-centric media unit Al-Qaraar has released a video of an alleged Kashmiri 'fighter' asking fellow fighters and Muslims in the Valley to pledge allegiance to the terror group IS and join its so-called 'caliphate', reports The Times of India on December 26. The nearly 14-minute long video, carrying English subtitles, has a fighter identified as 'Abu al-Bara al-Kashmiri' delivering a speech in Urdu while sitting in front of a flag bearing the words 'Kashmir Province', according to an update put out by the Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE) Intelligence Group website.He calls upon the 'fighters' and Muslims in Kashmir who fight to establish a 'caliphate', including Zakir Musa-led Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, to swear allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. Men can be seen in the video marching through the street carrying the IS' banner.
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December - 25 
Also, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) is set to step up efforts to strengthen border security in 2018 amid a surge in ceasefire violations by Pakistan and frequent terrorist strikes in Jammu and Kashmir, reports Live Mint on December 26. In
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Also, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) is set to step up efforts to strengthen border security in 2018 amid a surge in ceasefire violations by Pakistan and frequent terrorist strikes in Jammu and Kashmir, reports Live Mint on December 26. In 2017, as many as 61 militant attacks were reported across Jammu and Kashmir. However, the decision to strengthen security along India’s border has been prompted by the more than three-fold jump in violations of a ceasefire agreement by Pakistan in 2017. The western neighbour violated ceasefire 771 times along the Line of Control (LoC) in 2017, compared with 228 violations in the previous year (2016). “With the Doklam stand-off happening this year, these ceasefire violations and Pakistan-orchestrated terror attacks were a third front that kept Indian troops busy. To remove the troops’ focus from Doklam, Pakistan was nudged by China to keep the northern front active. Our troops also responded in equal measure to such violations,” said an unnamed senior intelligence official. Defence experts, however, said that the spurt in attacks by militants as well as ceasefire violations were reflective of Pakistan struggling to keep pace with India’s increased military watch.
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December - 25 
Earlier, the Indian Army sources in New Delhi said a "small group" of 'Ghatak' commandos carried out a tactical level selective targeting of the Pakistani post around 200-300 meters across the LoC on December 25th evening in which t
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Earlier, the Indian Army sources in New Delhi said a "small group" of 'Ghatak' commandos carried out a tactical level selective targeting of the Pakistani post around 200-300 meters across the LoC on December 25th evening in which three Pakistani soldiers were killed and one was injured. The operation is seen as avenging the killing of four Indian Army personnel by a BAT of the Pakistan Army in Keri sector Rajouri District on December 23.
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December - 25 
Indian Army in the night of December 25 killed three more Pakistani soldiers at Rawlakote opposite Nowshera sector in Rajouri District and seriously injured another after targeting Pakistani posts located close to the Line of Control (LoC) as ‘
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Indian Army in the night of December 25 killed three more Pakistani soldiers at Rawlakote opposite Nowshera sector in Rajouri District and seriously injured another after targeting Pakistani posts located close to the Line of Control (LoC) as ‘pre-emptive measure’ as these enemy posts were planning subversive act on the Indian side, reports Daily Excelsior. With this, five Pakistani troopers have been killed during last two days and another injured. Pakistan army confirmed killing of their three jawans (troopers) and serious injuries to another in retaliatory firing by the Indian troops at forward Pakistani area of Rakhchikri in Rawlakote opposite Nowshera sector of Rajouri District. Sources said massive retaliatory action by the Indian troops was necessitated as forward Pakistani posts were planning ‘some kind of activity’ on Indian side, which could be facilitating infiltration attempt by the militants.
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December - 25 
Meanwhile, people living in the villages close to LoC are up in arms against Pakistan army for repeatedly targeting civilians areas, risking their lives every time and wanted Indian Army to take ‘decisive action’ against the enemy troops
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Meanwhile, people living in the villages close to LoC are up in arms against Pakistan army for repeatedly targeting civilians areas, risking their lives every time and wanted Indian Army to take ‘decisive action’ against the enemy troops to settle the issue once and for all. A number of civilians in Shahpur sub sector of Poonch District, which was rocked by heavy Pakistani shelling and firing charged Pakistani troops with targeting civilians in utter frustration as the enemy was unable to match the might of Indian Army.
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December - 25 
Union Government’s Special Representative for sustained dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma on December 25 arrived in Kashmir on his third visit and drove to border district of Kupwara where he held meetings with scores of delegatio
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Union Government’s Special Representative for sustained dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma on December 25 arrived in Kashmir on his third visit and drove to border district of Kupwara where he held meetings with scores of delegations, reports Daily Excelsior. A total of 41 delegations comprising students, traders, political leaders and activists and civil society members were scheduled to meet him. The Special Representative kept meeting these delegations until late in the evening. Sources said that the delegations took up wide range of issues with Sharma and those include holding talks with all stakeholders, Article 370 and Article 35A, amnesty to first time stone throwers, conduct of Security Forces (SFs) and recent civilian killings. Peoples Conference (PC) leader and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Kupwara Bashir Ahmad Dar also called on Sharma. After meeting, the MLA Kupwara told reporters that he asked the Centre’s Special Representative to make his stand clear on Kashmir issue.
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December - 26 
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's younger son Naseem Geelani on December 26 ignored the National Investigation Agency (NIA) summons in connection with its probe into alleged terror funding by Pakistan-based ter
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All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's younger son Naseem Geelani on December 26 ignored the National Investigation Agency (NIA) summons in connection with its probe into alleged terror funding by Pakistan-based terrorist groups to stoke unrest in Kashmir Valley, reports First Post. "He did not depose before the agency investigators today (December 26)," an NIA official said. The official declined to say if any new summons had been issued to the younger Geelani.Earlier, the NIA had summoned Naseem, a professor at Sher-e-Kashmir Agriculture University in Srinagar, last week to appear before the agency on December 26 at its headquarters in south Delhi's Lodhi Road area. The anti-terror agency, which has been probing terror funding by Kashmiri separatists and has so far arrested half-a-dozen separatists including Syed Ali Shah Geelani's son-in-law Altaf Ahmad Shah, suspects that Naseem was also involved in the terror funding. The NIA had registered a number of cases in connection with terror funding in the Valley against several top separatist leaders in the month of May.
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December - 26 
Coinciding with Union Government’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma’s stay in Jammu and Kashmir, three senior separatists leaders were released from jails, reports The Hindu on December 27. In an apparent move to soft pedal on sepa
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Coinciding with Union Government’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma’s stay in Jammu and Kashmir, three senior separatists leaders were released from jails, reports The Hindu on December 27. In an apparent move to soft pedal on separatists for time being, the Government also allowed Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik to visit volatile Handwara, while an National Investigation Agency (NIA) summon to Syed Ali Geelani’s son was cancelled "without citing any reason".
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December - 26 
However, notwithstanding the tension along the LoC due to recent ceasefire violations, the cross-LoC trade between Jammu and Kashmir and PoK via Chakan-da-bagh in Poonch District was conducted on December 26 with 50 goods laden trucks transacted, add
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However, notwithstanding the tension along the LoC due to recent ceasefire violations, the cross-LoC trade between Jammu and Kashmir and PoK via Chakan-da-bagh in Poonch District was conducted on December 26 with 50 goods laden trucks transacted, adds The Times of India. "The trade happened normally as per schedule. While 30 trucks from Indian side laden with different items were sent to PoK, 20 trucks were received from the other side," Custodian, LoC Trade centre Poonch, Tanveer Ahmad, said. The cross LoC trade takes place between Indian and PoK four days a week from Tuesday to Friday.
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December - 26 
In a video released online on jihadist forums on December 26th night, al Qaeda said that the key to victory in Kashmir lies in waging war on other Indian cities, reports The Indian Express. “India is already using 600,000 troops just to hold on
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In a video released online on jihadist forums on December 26th night, al Qaeda said that the key to victory in Kashmir lies in waging war on other Indian cities, reports The Indian Express. “India is already using 600,000 troops just to hold on to Kashmir,” al Qaeda’s ‘subcontinent second-in-command’ Usama Mehmood said in the video. “If it is attacked in Kolkata [West Bengal], Bangalore [Karnataka] and New Delhi, it will come to its senses and release its grip on Kashmir.” For this to come about, Mehmood argues, “it is necessary that the jihadi movement becomes strong at the level of the subcontinent, and Muslims in the whole region stand behind the Kashmiri people.” “Look at America,” he says. “In the same way securing itself has become difficult for America throughout the world, the Indian army and Hindu government’s peaceful world should be made a war zone.”The video is made in a form of an interview with Mehmood, wherein he says, "In the caravan of al Qaeda, there were, and still are, many Mujahideen who migrated to Pakistan to fight for Kashmir, but were forced to shut down their operations by the Pakistan Army." The video follows another interview with Mehmood earlier this year, wherein he stated that the organisation’s aim was to "reform Pakistan, Kashmir, India, Bangladesh and the whole of the subcontinent, into an Islamic subcontinent".
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December - 26 
Meanwhile, Pakistan on December 26 summoned India's acting deputy high commissioner to protest ‘unprovoked’ firing by the Indian Army that killed its three soldiers along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, reports The Times of India. The P
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Meanwhile, Pakistan on December 26 summoned India's acting deputy high commissioner to protest ‘unprovoked’ firing by the Indian Army that killed its three soldiers along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, reports The Times of India. The Pakistan Foreign Office in a statement rejected reports that the Indian Army commandos crossed the LoC in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir and smashed a post. "The false claims by India about the alleged cross LoC adventures are a figment of their imagination and counter-productive for peace and tranquility on the LoC," it said. "The Indian actions got a befitting response from the Pakistani side and their guns were silenced," it claimed.
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December - 26 
Security agencies said that they have possibly identified the person in a new 14-minute video released by the Al Qaraar media of the Islamic State (IS) on December 25, reports The Hindu on December 27. In the video, a masked man with the black IS fla
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Security agencies said that they have possibly identified the person in a new 14-minute video released by the Al Qaraar media of the Islamic State (IS) on December 25, reports The Hindu on December 27. In the video, a masked man with the black IS flag in the background criticises Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and says various terror outfits - Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) - active in the Kashmir Valley are working as ‘proxies of the ISI’. Agencies suspect the person is Aizaj Ahmed Ahanger alias Ayaz, a local Kashmiri youth who has been introduced as Abu-ul-Braa-Kashmiri in the video. An official said they were yet to trace the location where the video was shot and from where it was uploaded.Criticising the ISI, the masked man in the video said, “You see the irony the ways they have endorsed — strikes, right-to-self-determination .... and many of their filthy ways have no place in deen [religion] … they are the ones bombing believers in Waziristan bowing to America, whose history is drenched with blood of Muslimeen. We declare our animosity and disassociation from your methodologies and Pakistan and declare our disassociation from Hizb, Lashkar, Jaish, Tehreek.”It is said to be the first Kashmir-centric video to have been posted by a media group associated with the Islamist group. The newly created group has been engaged in fierce competition with the al Qaeda to promote its propaganda in India through various messages posted on social media. In the past few months, both the IS and the Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) have been pushing several provocative messages on various social media platforms but the video by the IS was a new development, an official said, adding that AQIS has been routinely uploading such videos.Like posters released on earlier occasions, the IS fighter in the video is inviting former HM commander Zakir Musa and now the head of the AQIS-affiliated Ansar Ghazwat-ul Hind group to join them. Asked why the IS was wooing Zakir Musa, the official said, “On earlier occasions he has shown an inclination towards joining the group.” Ashok Prasad, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) spokesperson, said, “Security agencies are aware about this particular input and are monitoring it for specific threats.”Another UMHA official suspected the motive behind the video, and said it could well be a ploy by Pakistani agencies to show themselves as “victims of terror”. “They are giving aspirational kind of messages but so far nothing specific in the nature of preventable action has come to notice so far. We have not been able to trace the origin of the video,” said the official. He said there was no credible evidence of the presence of the IS in Kashmir Valley and this could be an effort by the outfit to divert the attention of supporters after it lost ground in Iraq and Syria. The AQIS released yet another video on December 27 featuring two clips on “saffron terror.” One of the clips is three-year-old. Security agencies suspect the ISI to be running the AQIS propaganda since 2014.
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December - 26 
The Central intelligence agencies cautioned both Border Security Force (BSF) and Army, the two border guarding forces in Jammu and Kashmir, to remain on high alert amid specific inputs that there was significant movement of Pakistan Army, Border Acti
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The Central intelligence agencies cautioned both Border Security Force (BSF) and Army, the two border guarding forces in Jammu and Kashmir, to remain on high alert amid specific inputs that there was significant movement of Pakistan Army, Border Action Team (BAT) and Special Service Group (SSG) in areas close to the border, reports The Asian Age on December 27. Both BAT and SSG have a notorious reputation of targeting Indian soldiers and mutilating their bodies in the past along with terror outfits. According to the intelligence alert, “Pakistan Army has increased its deployment of BAT and SSG teams in sensitive areas close to the border with the intention of targeting patrolling teams of our security forces which should remain on high alert.’’ “In view of these inputs, the border guarding forces, primarily the BSF and Army, should follow all security protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) while going on patrolling assignments close to the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB). The situation is more sensitive close to the LoC,’’ the intelligence input further states.Terror groups operating out of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), particularly the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), have in the past assisted both BAT and SSG of Pakistan Army in carrying out brutal attacks on Indian patrolling teams close to the border.
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December - 27 
Asked to explain the rise in incidents along the LoC, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said that, “The increase suggests that Pakistan is frustrated and desperate. It is trying hard to help militants cross over to India
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Asked to explain the rise in incidents along the LoC, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said that, “The increase suggests that Pakistan is frustrated and desperate. It is trying hard to help militants cross over to India.”
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December - 27 
Earlier, the Government had informed the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Indian Parliament) that after the ‘surgical strikes’ last year, there were 341 terror incidents in J&K from November 1, 2016, to October 31, 2017 in comparison to
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Earlier, the Government had informed the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Indian Parliament) that after the ‘surgical strikes’ last year, there were 341 terror incidents in J&K from November 1, 2016, to October 31, 2017 in comparison to 311 such incidents in the corresponding period the previous year.
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December - 27 
Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a total of 881 ceasefire violations this year, highest in the past seven years, along the LoC and the International Border (IB), resulting in the death of 30 people. According to officials, Pakistan violated the ceasefire
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Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a total of 881 ceasefire violations this year, highest in the past seven years, along the LoC and the International Border (IB), resulting in the death of 30 people. According to officials, Pakistan violated the ceasefire along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir 771 times till December 10, and 110 times along the IB till November-end. In these incidents of firing from across the border, 30 people - 14 Army personnel, 12 civilians and four BSF personnel - were killed. The truce between India and Pakistan along the International Border, the Line of Control and the Actual Ground Position Line in Jammu and Kashmir came into force in November 2003. India shares a 3,323-km-long border with Pakistan of which 221 km of the IB and 740 km of the LoC fall in Jammu and Kashmir.
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December - 27 
Muslim League chairman and former Hizbullah commander Mushtaq-ul-Islam, arrested in July this year, was released on December 27. Two days ago, Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Syedah Asiya Andrabi and secretary Sofi Fehmeeda were also released. The Governmen
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Muslim League chairman and former Hizbullah commander Mushtaq-ul-Islam, arrested in July this year, was released on December 27. Two days ago, Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Syedah Asiya Andrabi and secretary Sofi Fehmeeda were also released. The Government also allowed JKLF chief Yasin Malik to meet the families, who relatives died in counter-insurgency operations, in volatile Handwara. Otherwise, the government has been consistently placing the separatist leaders under the house arrest.Both the factions of the Hurriyat Conference refused to comment on the releases. However, the spokesman of Democratic Front Party, whose chief Shabir Shah was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate earlier this year, said, “Releasing political prisoners is a positive step and the positive steps always bring positive results. It is of utmost importance to take positive steps to bring a change on the grass root level.”
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December - 27 
On December 27, Minister of State for Home, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said the incidents of stone-pelting against Security Forces (SFs) in Jammu and Kashmir had come down from 2,808 in 2016 to 1,198 till November this year. He said an adequate number of
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On December 27, Minister of State for Home, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said the incidents of stone-pelting against Security Forces (SFs) in Jammu and Kashmir had come down from 2,808 in 2016 to 1,198 till November this year. He said an adequate number of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel were deployed in Jammu and Kashmir to assist the State Government in maintaining public order.
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December - 27 
Over 300 infiltrations were reported from the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir in 2017, which was a four-year-high, according to figures available with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), reports The Hindu on December 28. An of
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Over 300 infiltrations were reported from the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir in 2017, which was a four-year-high, according to figures available with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), reports The Hindu on December 28. An official said this explained the over 230% increase in ceasefire violations along the LoC this year compared to 2016. “Till four years ago, the ceasefire violations along LoC stood at 153; this year it has increased to 820 (till December 15); last year it was 228. The increase also explains the 310 infiltration attempts from Pakistan,” a senior UMHA official said. Another official said there had been no let-up in the infiltration attempts even after the September 29, 2016 cross-LoC raid publicised by the Government.As per the data available with the Army, which is deployed along the LoC, at least 33 infiltration bids were foiled this year. In 2014, when the NDA government came to power, the maximum cross-border firing took place along the densely populated border areas in Jammu region along the IB. “In 2014, cross-border firing at IB stood at 430 and this year it came down to 110. We are seeing a reverse in the pattern as Pakistan has become desperate to push in terrorists through LoC. Any violence along the IB attracts international scrutiny as it is a settled boundary,” said the official. The year also saw the record number of terrorists being killed in J&K even as the number of terror related incidents-335, were at a four-year-high.
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December - 27 
Pakistani troops, in a ceasefire agreement (CFA) violation, on December 27 fired indiscriminately from across the Line of Control (LoC) at forward posts in Nowshera sector of Rajouri District, prompting retaliation by the Indian Army, reports Daily E
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Pakistani troops, in a ceasefire agreement (CFA) violation, on December 27 fired indiscriminately from across the Line of Control (LoC) at forward posts in Nowshera sector of Rajouri District, prompting retaliation by the Indian Army, reports Daily Excelsior. The exchange of fire between the two sides in Nowshera sector continued for nearly four hours but there was no immediate report of any casualty or damage on the Indian side. “Pakistan army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics and mortars from 0815 hours. Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively,” official sources said. They said the firing stopped from both sides at 1200 hours.The latest CFA violation by Pakistan comes five days after Pakistani troops opened fire from across the border, leaving four Army personnel martyred and another soldier injured in Keri sector of Rajouri on December 23. Indian troops also killed five Pakistani troops and injured another in retaliatory action at Rukh Chakri sector in Rawlakote on December 25.
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December - 28 
Also, SFs on December 28 cordoned off Wani Mohalla in Keller area of Shopian District after reports about presence of top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) ‘commander’ Sameer Tiger in the village. They conducted house to house searches in the villa
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Also, SFs on December 28 cordoned off Wani Mohalla in Keller area of Shopian District after reports about presence of top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) ‘commander’ Sameer Tiger in the village. They conducted house to house searches in the village but the operation was later called off after no militant was found there. SFs on December 28 conducted searches at Dougam Kakapora in Pulwama District after suspicious movement in near PHE’s Water Tank. However, nothing was found there.
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December - 28 
Chief Secretary BB Vyas on December 28 briefed Centre’s Special Representative on Jammu and Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma in the Civil Secretariat while the the Special Representative met more delegations and individuals before winding up his four-d
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Chief Secretary BB Vyas on December 28 briefed Centre’s Special Representative on Jammu and Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma in the Civil Secretariat while the the Special Representative met more delegations and individuals before winding up his four-day third visit to Jammu and Kashmir and returning to New Delhi, reports Daily Excelsior. Sharma visited the Civil Secretariat, the seat of the Government, and had half an hour long inter-action with the Chief Secretary. Vyas was reported to have briefed the Special Representative on developmental works, security and other aspects of the situation prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir.
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December - 28 
Four militants including a Pakistani were arrested from Pattan area of Baramulla District on December 28, reports Daily Excelsior. A special team of Jammu and Kashmir Police and 2-Rashtriya Rifles (RR) of Army intercepted a car at Chichloora, Kunzar
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Four militants including a Pakistani were arrested from Pattan area of Baramulla District on December 28, reports Daily Excelsior. A special team of Jammu and Kashmir Police and 2-Rashtriya Rifles (RR) of Army intercepted a car at Chichloora, Kunzar area and arrested four persons along with one AK-47 rifle, three magazines and a grenade. The arrested militants have been identified as Jammel Ahmad Bhat (20) and Amir Ahmad Bhat (18) and Mohammad Yaseen Bhat. The fourth person is a Pakistani militant and he has been identified as Sajid. They are being questioned and Police is expecting more leads from them. A Police official said that the local militants were recently recruited.
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December - 28 
In the meantime, Security Forces (SFs) December 28 cordoned off Noorpor village in Tral area of Pulwama District and conducted searches following inputs about the presence of militants in the village, adds Daily Excelsior. Noorpora is native village
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In the meantime, Security Forces (SFs) December 28 cordoned off Noorpor village in Tral area of Pulwama District and conducted searches following inputs about the presence of militants in the village, adds Daily Excelsior. Noorpora is native village of Ansar Ghazwatul Hind ‘chief’ Zakir Musa. The searches were launched by a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army’s 42 RR and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 180 battalion. The operation was later called off as during house to house searches no militants were found in the village
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December - 28 
Pakistani troops December 28 violated ceasefire agreement (CFA) twice in Poonch District as they resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from across the border, targeting forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC), reports Da
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Pakistani troops December 28 violated ceasefire agreement (CFA) twice in Poonch District as they resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from across the border, targeting forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC), reports Daily Excelsior. The Indian troops guarding the LoC retaliated the firing but there was no immediate report of any casualty. Sources said the small arms firing from Pakistani side was reported for nearly three hours in the morning in three villages of Digwar sector, causing panic among an border residents. The firing from across the border again started in the evening at Khari Karmara sector in Poonch and the exchange of firing between the two sides was continuing when last reports were received, sources said
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December - 28 
Separately, clashes erupted in Pinjura village of Shopian District in South Kashmir on December 28 after the SFs launched a cordon-and-search-operation. A joint team of 44 RR, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police and 14 battalion of CRPF cordoned off the
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Separately, clashes erupted in Pinjura village of Shopian District in South Kashmir on December 28 after the SFs launched a cordon-and-search-operation. A joint team of 44 RR, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police and 14 battalion of CRPF cordoned off the village after inputs about presence of two militants in the village. However, during the operation protests broke out and protesters pelted stones on the SFs leading to clashes. SFs fired tear gas to disperse the protesters. The operation was later called off.
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December - 28 
Separatist leaders in Kashmir have called for a boycott of the upcoming panchayat (village level local self government institution) polls in the State, as the authorities on December 28 clamped down on its top leadership in Srinagar, reports Daily Ex
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Separatist leaders in Kashmir have called for a boycott of the upcoming panchayat (village level local self government institution) polls in the State, as the authorities on December 28 clamped down on its top leadership in Srinagar, reports Daily Excelsior. “Any sort of election under the Indian occupational system, be it for so-called Assembly, Parliament, municipal committee or panchayat, is meant only to harm the interests of Kashmiris. The Indian rulers have been using this election drama to negate Kashmiris’ demand for self-determination and freedom,” said a statement issued by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Geelani, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Muhammad Yasin Malik. Appealing for “a complete and comprehensive boycott of the panchayat elections”, they said, “By an exemplary boycott of these elections, Kashmiris will deliver a message to India and to the international community that Kashmiris want freedom.” The government recently announced to held panchayat polls in February next year.
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December - 28 
The nearby Rajouri District also witnessed heavy exchange of firing between Indian and Pakistani army after the latter initiated the firing in Nowshera sector.
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The nearby Rajouri District also witnessed heavy exchange of firing between Indian and Pakistani army after the latter initiated the firing in Nowshera sector.
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December - 29 
Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh on December 29 said that the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has considerably improved with the efforts of the Security Forces (SFs) and the development initiatives undertaken by both the Cent
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Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh on December 29 said that the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has considerably improved with the efforts of the Security Forces (SFs) and the development initiatives undertaken by both the Centre and the State, reports Daily Excelsior. The Minister made these remarks while chairing an inter-ministerial meeting, convened in New Delhi, to discuss development issues in J&K besides Left Wing Extremism-affected States and the Northeast region. The high-level meet discussed improvement of communication infrastructure in the J&K State, particularly Ladakh region, strengthening of education system in Jammu Kashmir and other developmental issues.According to an official spokesman, the Minister said that security situation in the militancy infest Jammu Kashmir had shown considerable improvement and it was time to move forward with speed on the developmental front. Maintaining that the overall situation in J&K was well control, Rajnath Singh stressed that it was made possible due to the efforts of SFs and development initiatives undertaken by the incumbent Governments at Centre and the State. “Now it is time to move forward with speed on the development front,” he added.
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December - 30 
Security Forces (SFs) conducted a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Bandipora District on December 30, reports Daily Excelsior. Acting on a tip-off about the presence of militants, SFs and Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police
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Security Forces (SFs) conducted a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Bandipora District on December 30, reports Daily Excelsior. Acting on a tip-off about the presence of militants, SFs and Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a joint search operation at Gund Jehangir in Hajin in Bandipora. SFs sealed all exit points and launched house-to-house search operation, the sources said. However, no one was arrested during the operation which ended after several hours.It is believed that militants, who were hiding in the forests during summer, had come down in plains following snowfall and chilly weather in the heights. SFs destroyed a number of hideouts in the forests before the onset of winter.
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December - 31 
Militants of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) carried out a ‘fidayeen’ (suicide) attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp leaving three personnel injured in Pulwama District early on December 31 (today), reports The Hindu. The militants
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Militants of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) carried out a ‘fidayeen’ (suicide) attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp leaving three personnel injured in Pulwama District early on December 31 (today), reports The Hindu. The militants attacked the 185th battalion camp of the CRPF in Lethpora in Kashmir valley around 2 am. CRPF officials said intermittent firing was on and three personnel had sustained bullet injuries. However, there were no casualties reported in the attack.
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*Data till , April 24, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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