Posted on 11/01/2003 12:06:56 PM PST by Rams82
Even as India and Pakistan announced confidence-building measures to normalise relations, Army on Friday said that there was no let up in cross-border infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir with troops foiling several such attempts leading to a decline in militant activities in the state.
"Army's continued vigil both on the borders and within the state aided by a number of advanced gadgets including unmanned ground sensors, jammers and surveillance devices, has proved effective marking a decline in militant activities," defence spokesman said in Srinagar.
He said as many as 13 infiltration bids had been foiled in the past fortnight and a large number of youths being ex-filtrated by agents for arms training, rescued including six youths, who were forcibly taken to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in August 2002 and given arms training.
The spokesman said that as many as 27 militants were killed and ten apprehended during the Thursday fortnight as against 36 killed and 21 apprehended in the previous one.
However, he said that the civilian casualties had increased during the period as militants exploded grenades at crowded places at Bijbehara and Lal Chowk in Anantnag and BSNL headquarters in Srinagar.
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