SRINAGAR – Indian soldiers death in occupied Kashmir has hit 10 years high.
86 security force personnel were killed in 2018 in occupied Jammu andKashmir— the highest in the last 10 years. Of the 86 security men slain inthe line of duty, 44 were policemen, 30 were Army soldiers and rest werefrom the different paramilitary forces deployed in the terror-struck state.
The number of casualties of the security forces in 2018 is the highestsince 2007 when 182 security personnel lost their lives.
“Number of operations has increased. Operations are always reviewed and wetry to become better with each operation. If the number of operation ishigh at times it (casualty) happens,” Zulfiquar Hassan, Inspector Generalof CRPF (Operations), told DNA.
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Data compiled by different security agencies reveal that security forceslost 182 men in 2007 and it lost 85 men in 2008. In 2009, 79 securityforces men were killed which dropped to 69 in 2010 and 33 in 2011.
Around 15 security personnel were killed in 2012 — the lowest in 10 years(2010 to 2018). In 2013, the year when separatist leader Afzal Guru washanged, security forces lost 52 soldiers while 47 soldiers were killed thefollowing year. The next three years —2015, 2016 and 2017 — saw 39, 82 and80 security personnel killed.