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Jammu , Friday, April 10
It has been one of the most challenging periods for Indian security forces in Kashmir. Of late, they have been encountering some of the most motivated and well-trained terrorists ever to cross over into Kashmir.
Now, after an 18-day operation in Kupwara, eight terrorists with clear links to Pakistan have been caught.
According to the army, passports issued in Pakistan to five of the eight of them prove their Pakistani origins.
Also, all of them were trained at handling weapons in Pakistan. This latest catch only adds to the growing worry on the border over the unprecedented spurt in infiltration bids.
This year there have already been over a dozen infiltration bids, unheard of at this time of the year when the snows are yet to melt.
Number of operatives in each bid is higher 10 to 12 this year as compared to the 1 or 2 every year.
Moreover, there's a possibility that a proportionately high number has succeeded in infiltrating There's another worry, one of the terrorists caught entered India via Nepal confirming an old suspicion that the eastern borders are being increasingly used to enter India.
With elections round the corner, the sudden spurt in infiltration is perhaps an indicator of things to come.
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