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| Army establishes upper hand, terrorists on run | | Kashmir scene | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 14: The Army has gained upper hand in Kashmir. Terrorists are on the run. They are not finding place to hide. Elements in the establishment, who wanted the Army/security forces to go slow or scale down military operations and crack downs, have failed to hamper the military operations, as the Army is holding its ground firmly. They are getting the fullest possible support from the Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Even on Sunday, she made a very bold statement. Rejecting the unilateral ceasefire proposal, she declared that the Army will eliminate all terrorists.
Reports from New Delhi are clearly suggesting that the "career span of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir has shrunk considerably over the last few years due to a raft of factors, including better coordination among security forces, a first-rate intelligence network, and poorly trained terrorists". "The security forces have really galvanized their intelligence network. Flow of intelligence comes from people. If we extrapolate, the lifespan of terrorists is getting shorter as people are fed up with them," a report from New Delhi said.
"Homegrown terrorists are no match for the army. The army has tremendous experience in the state. Several units are doing their third stint in J&K. That's why we are decimating them faster…Earlier, the terrorists went to Pakistan for training, but the current crop was poorly trained and all they had was 'on-the-job training' exposure," the report has further said.
One report from New Delhi in this regard has said: "From three to four years a few years ago, the career span of terror recruits, many of them recruited by handlers as cannon fodder, has come down to a few months now. There has been a sharp fall from the time Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) commander Burhan Wani was active to the killing of 13 terrorists in a single day on April 1".
That the assessment is correct could be seen from the fact terrorist Sameer Lone had joined the HM in February 2018, Ishfaq Malik in January 2018, Rayees Ah Thokar in June 2017 and Aediman Fayaz Malik in November 2017 and all of them have take care of by the security forces. Similarly, Kashmir university sociology professor, Mohammad Rafi, was killed last Sunday, within 36 hours of joining the HM ranks.
All this should establish that the Army has been able to break the backbone of militancy in Kashmir to an extent. That's the reason there are elements who are urging the Union Government to announce a unilateral ceasefire with Pakistan and terrorists - a suggestion which has almost been rejected by the Union Government. |
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