Jammu And Kashmir: Over 190 Terrorists Killed in 2017 But Security Forces Had Eliminated Over 2850 in 2001 - JPKee.com

Srinagar, Nov 20: Security forces have achieved a major success in Jammu and Kashmir with the killing of six terrorists in Bandipora district of the state with Indian Army’s General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Srinagar-headquartered 15 Corps, Lieutenant General JS Sandhu, claiming to have wiped out the top Lashkar-e-Toiba leadership in the state. Lt Gen Sandhu said that almost 190 terrorists have been killed in 2017 till now by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir but 200 rebels are still operating in the state.

The Army General said out of the 190 terrorists killed, 80 were local while the remaining 110 were foreigners. He also pointed that the Army had successfully thwarted several infiltration attempts by Pakistani-based terror groups and killed a large number of terrorists who were trying to sneak into India. Giving out the numbers, he said that of the 110 foreign terrorists killed, 66 were shot dead near the Line of Control (LoC) while attempting to cross over to the Indian side.

With winter setting in and mountain passes closing down due to snowfall, the threat of infiltration has come down slightly but the terrorists already active in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to step up attacks on vulnerable targets and security force to maintain pressure on the counter-infiltration grid. Lt Gen Sandhu added that security forces have had success in a large number of anti-terror operations in the state in the last few months resulting in the killing of several top terrorists.

While security forces maintain the pressure of terrorists, the maximum number of ultras killed were in 2001, according to the data maintained by the South Asia Terrorism Portal. In 2001, security forces had killed 2850 terrorists.

Fatalities in Terrorist Violence 1988-2017

Year	Incidents	Civilians	Security Force Personnel	Terrorists	Total
1988	390	29	1	1	31
1989	2154	79	13	0	92
1990	3905	862	132	183	1177
1991	3122	594	185	614	1393
1992	4971	859	177	873	1909
1993	4457	1023	216	1328	2567
1994	4484	1012	236	1651	2899
1995	4479	1161	297	1338	2796
1996	4224	1333	376	1194	2903
1997	3004	840	355	1177	2372
1998	2993	877	339	1045	2261
1999	2938	799	555	1184	2538
2000	2835	842	638	1808	3288
2001	3278	1067	590	2850	4507
2002	NA	839	469	1714	3022
2003	NA	658	338	1546	2542
2004	NA	534	325	951	1810
2005	NA	521	218	1000	1739
2006	NA	349	168	599	1116
2007	NA	164	121	492	777
2008	NA	69	90	382	541
2009	NA	55	78	242	375
2010	NA	36	69	270	375
2011	NA	34	30	119	183
2012	NA	16	17	84	117
2013	NA	20	61	100	181
2014	NA	32	51	110	193
2015	NA	20	41	113	174
2016	NA	14	88	165	267
2017	NA	54	71	185	310
Total*	47234	14792	6345	23318	44455

*Data till November 12, 2017

Ever since the outbreak of Pakistan-supported and armed insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir in 1989, over 23,300 terrorists have been killed in the state while over 6,340 security personnel have been martyred. The SATP website mentions that the number of civilians killed stand at more than 14,790 till November 12, 2017.

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Author - Vikash Kumar