Terror Recruitment Dips In J&K

The recruitment of locals into terrorist ranks in Jammu and Kashmir has drastically reduced this year as compared to the past two years. Following the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, there have only been about 14 terrorist recruitments.

The number of recruitment of locals into terrorist ranks so far this year is 110, officials said. This is lower as compared to the 128 and 214 terrorist recruitments in 2017 and last year. The spike in terrorist recruitment last year was due to the high intensity of counter-terrorist operations and terrorists wanting to get back at the security forces by getting more boots on the ground. The data on such recruitments post August 5 is of up to October.

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