Kulgam operation dent militants’ designs to target Amarnath yatra, say officials
Security personnel recover a large amount of arms and ammunition from two encounter sites where six militants and two security personnel were recently killed, in Kulgam on July 8, 2024.
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The killing of six militants, including four locals, in two anti-militancy operations has struck a major dent in militants’ “nefarious designs to target the ongoing Amarnath yatra” in Kashmir, top security officials said on July 8.“The Kulgam operations have left terrorist organisations in Kashmir leaderless, dealing a crucial blow to their operations,” Brigadier Prithvi Raj Chauhan, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 2 Sector, said.The successful operation in Kulgam’s Chinigam has dealt a deadly blow to the militant outfit, the Hizbul Mujahideen, in south Kashmir and dented the...