| Separatism in doldrums, Jaesh wiped out, 370 abrogated | | A year after Pulwama Fidayeen Attack: | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 14: Last year on February 14, a Kashmiri suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden vehicle into a CRPF Convoy near south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, martyring 40 forces personnel and injuring scores.
The gruesome attack- first of its kind since the inception of militancy in Kashmir- brought the two countries- India and Pakistan to a war like situation with air force of both the countries fighting pitched battles in the skies. This was for the first time in the modern history that two nuclear countries bombed each other’s territories and leaving the world dumbfound and in absolute shocking state.
A year after the incident, the genesis of Kashmir has drastically changed with its political landscape wrapped under the clouds of uncertainty and separatism in tatters. The security agencies have broken the very reed of the separatism that earlier used to call shots in Kashmir’s affairs, even dictating the mainstream of Haves and Havenots.
On political front, the government removed JK’s special status, abrogated Article 370 and has slapped PSA against three former Chief Ministers of the erstwhile state. The separatists on the other hand too have gone into hibernation, fretful enough even to show faces publically.
On Military Front: After the most lethal attack on security forces in South Kashmir’s Pulwama February 14, army squinted towards Pakistan based militant group Jaish which was responsible for the offensive. Figures suggest that 30 militants from the outfit were gunned down within three months of that incident.
The pace with which the anti-militancy operations in Kashmir were being carried out, 2019 mereged as the most fatal year for Kashmir’s militancy in the past nine years. In 2018, 270 militants were killed- making it the highest number since the year 2010. In the year 2017, the data reveals that 207 militants including some top commanders from different militant outfits were killed. The ‘Operation All Out’ launched by Indian Combined Forces including Army, Para-military Central Reserve Police Force and counter-insurgency unit of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Special Operation Group resulted in the maximum number of killing of militants particularly in South Kashmir, considered earlier as the bastion of present-day militancy in Kashmir. Some of the top militant commanders who were killed that year included Abu Dujana, Jaish Chief Khalid Bhai, Sabzar Bhat, Bashir Lashkari, Junaid Matoo, Qayoom Najar, Noor Tral, Umar Khatab, Muzafar Ahmed Naiko alias Muza Molvi of Sopore, Abu Surag of Pakistan, Adil Ahmad Reshi of Bijbehara, Abid Ahmad Sheikh of Saktipora and Masood Ahmad Shah of Bewoora village, Abu Musaib, Qari Anas Abu Ali, Azaharuddin alias Ghazi Umar,Sajad Ahmed alias Babar, Mudasir Ahmad Tantray alias Asim, Wakeel Ahmad Thokar, Farooq Ahmad Bhat, Younus Lone, Mushtaq Ahmed, Muhammad Shafi Sherguri and Jahangir Ahmed Ganaie.
Meanwhile, Special Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory (UT) Zulfikar Hassan on Friday said a joint assault on the Jaish soon after the attack was launched and a joint strategy was chalked out with a sole aim to wipe out Jaish. As per official figures, 36 militants of Jaish were killed including all nine commanders of the outfit, who according to the security officials had hatched conspiracy and were involved in the Lethpora attack.
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