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| Unstable scenario in Pak led to 25 pc drop in terror incidents in J&K in 2009 | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 02: A phenomenal drop of 25 per cent in terror incidents was witnessed in the militancy-torn Jammu and Kashmir in 2009 as compared to 2008 when terror incidents had come down by 35 per cent. The state also witnessed less than 500 militancy related incidents and the killing of 50 top Pakistani commanders of the pan-Islamic Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfits for the first time in two decades of terrorism.
Though the state police chief Kuldip Khuda minced no words when he claimed that it was all due to the enhanced professional skills of police, there are reasons other than this which appear more convincing and logical. Yet Khuda shied away from touching any of them.
Some of the reasons are : The strengthening of security bandobast on borders neighbouring Pakistan; sustained focus on making intelligence network more 'effective and penetrating' in the hinterland; equipping border forces with latest gadgets and night-vision devices to detect and foil intrusion bids by the Pak-based militants.The unstable domestic scenario in Pakistan was another strong reason behind the sustained decline in terror incidents in the state.
Pakistan's inefficiency to handle suicide attacks, bomb explosions and Taliban attacks on its soil have also significantly affected its capability to sponsor terrorism in Kashmir in a sustained manner.
Though nowadays Pakistan is itself having a feel of how bitter the monster of terrorism is yet it has brought no change in its infrastructure that orchestrates terrorist violence on the Indian soil. Hardly a day passes when attempts are not made by the Pak-based militants to sneak into the Indian territory to give impetus to the otherwise waning militancy in the state.
So the decrease in levels of violence in J&K is not due to any change in Pakistani intent, but it is rather the consequence of its compulsions and capacities to sustain past levels of terrorism. The drop in terror incidents is also attributed to the strengthened security network on borders and infiltrators' inability to breach it.The state assembly had informed that there were 3,400 disappearance cases and the insurgency had left more than 47,000 people dead till July 2009. However, the number of insurgency-related deaths in the state have fallen sharply since the start of a slow-moving peace process between India and Pakistan.
Violent activities in the region showed a downward trend from the 2003-border ceasefire onwards mainly because of warming of relations between New Delhi and Islamabad and fencing of the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC).
In 2009, 50 top commanders of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and other militant outfits active in Jammu and Kashmir were killed by police and security forces in joint gunbattles in the state. Some of them included Abu Abdul Rehman of Lahore, Abdullah Uni of PoK, Abu Mussa alias Abu Zarar of PoK, Aijaz Baber alias Baber of Haveli Lakha, Abu Babar of Peshwar, Mohammad Manzoor of Tehjian in Atmuqam in PoK, Mohammad Zahid Bilal alias Abu Hafiza of Faisalabad and Nousherwan and Younis Khan of Mohalla Pathronast in district Charsadda of North-West Frontier Punjab.
According to Khuda, nearly Rs 5.5 cr were spent last year in equipping police with latest weaponry and other such items to take on militants in a more effective manner.
The highest number of militancy-related incidents in J&K took place in 1995 when a total of 5,946 incidents were registered across the state.
During 2008, militancy-related violence came down by 35 per cent as compared to 2007, while in 2009, the violence dropped further by 25 per cent, said KhudaHowever, regardless of the significant and continuing decline in terrorist violence in J&K, a stable peace still remains a distant dream for the people.
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