"Kashmiris no longer feel proud that children have joined terrorism"

New Delhi

There is a perceptible change in the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir since August 2019 when the controversial Article 370 was abrogated and the erstwhile state was bifurcated into two.

Sources say while declining statistics of terror activities and related matters could be one major issue involved, the bigger achievement is in the form of perceptible change in the overall perception.

"Earlier parents used to feel proud if their ward/children joined terrorism/militancy. Now they say their ward is not a terrorist. They also appeal to the children to come out if they joined any terror outfit and return to mainstream," those in the know of things say.

Things have gone further. Parents, according to sources, not only appeal for surrender but there have been instances that family members and parents accuse various terror groups 'directly' of kidnapping/picking up their boys for terrorism.

In terms of statistics, total number of active terrorists declined to double digit and there is a continuous 

decline in 'recruitment' of youths into terror groups as well.

Sources say the index of improvement in the overall security scenario can be understood from the fact that there have been no street violence and no stone pelting at the encounter cites unlike the past.

There is also no burial procession of terrorists and there is no civilian death in crossfire or during firing by the central forces and the local police.

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The numbers of terror recruitment of youths have declined during the last three years since 2020.

There were 167 young boys recruited in 2020, this came down to 136 in 2021 and has further nosedived

to 99 in 2022.

During this year (2022) as many as 169 terrorists belonging to various groups have been eliminated. The data break up

also shows - there were 42 foreign terrorists (mostly if not all Pakistanis) and 127 were local recruits.

The recruitment numbers of fresh terrorists had gone up to 201 in 2018 while it was 147

in 2017.

Sources say an estimated 81 terrorists will be possible active in J&K as of now and of them the local terrorists is to

foreign terrorists numbers stand at - 29:52.

In region or district wise break up, sources say a total of 15 of them could be active in Kulgam and around 12

in Shopian. 

Official estimate also suggest that there is no terrorist in Ganderbal region.

 

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