SRINAGAR – Indian Forces inability to check flow of local youths to themilitancy fold continues to worry security agencies. While localrecruitment crossed the 100 mark from four districts of South Kashmir.
A careful analysis of South Kashmir shows that 104 local militants fromthis area have been killed during the last year, showing that the area isdominated with more numbers of local militants, PTI has reported.
The year gone by saw the maximum number of local militants killed in theregion which has accounted for over 250 militant killings in last fiveyears.
Considered a highly politically sensitive area of the Valley, South Kashmirhas virtually turned into a virtual breeding ground for militants with manyyouths joining their rank and file or becoming their sympathisers.
The areas has seen a better intelligence network of militants, assistanceof people to local terrorists, heavy turnouts at the funerals of militantsand stone-pelting on security forces even during encounters.
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Comprising four districts Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian SouthKashmir has been on the boil ever since the killing of militant groupHizbul Mujahideen’s poster boy Burhan Wani in July 2016.
The intelligence network of the militant groups, which had ended inmid-1990s, is understood to have revived again and the militants come toknow about the advancement of security forces, giving them an advantage toflee the area, the officials said.