Indian security forces killed a “most wanted” commander of Harkat-ul-Mujahedin during a clash in Sopore. One Indian soldier and another HuM fighter was killed. The commander, Nouman, is said to have directed a siege in Srinagar and was a master bomb-maker.
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Kashmiri terrorists killed an Indian Army colonel during a military operation in the forested Lolab area in Kashmir. The colonel is the most senior officer killed in Kashmir this year.
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India troops claimed to have killed five Lashkar-e-Taiba fighters during a clash in the city of Sheikhpora. An Indian Army major and a soldier were also killed in the clash. The Hizbul Mujahideen denied the report and claimed the fighters were their own.
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Indian troops killed eight terrorists during fighting over the past two days in the Rajouri region in Kashmir. The eight Lashkar-e-Taiba fighters infiltrated from Pakistan-held Kashmir. A bomb blast on a train track in the Pulwama district disrupted service.
Five Lashkar-e-Taiba fighters and three Indian soldiers were killed during two clashes in forests in Rajouri. Soldiers and counterterrorism police have been carrying out operations in the region.
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Syed Salahuddin, the chairman of the United Jihad Council and the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, said jihad was needed to break Kashmir off from India. “The only way to liberate Kashmir is jihad,” he said at a rally that was also attended by leaders of Jamaat-ud-Dawa and other terror groups.
An Indian army captain and four Hizbul Mujahideen fighters were killed in a two-day-long gunbattle int he town of Dadsara Tral. Kashmiri terrorist groups are thriving with the support of Pakistan, according to a report by the BBC.
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An explosion outside a school in Rawalakot in Pakistan-held Kashmir wounded 13 police and civilian bomb disposal experts. Two of the experts were seriously wounded. The school is thought to have been the target.
A suicide bomber wounded two soldiers in an attack on a military vehicle near the town of Rawalakot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The suicide attack in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is the fifth since last summer.
A suicide bomber killed three soldiers in an attack on an Army base in Tararrkhal region in Pakistan-held Kashmir. An Indian policeman was killed and eight more were wounded in a suicide attack and gunbattle in Srinagar in Indian-held Kashmir.
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The attack is the latest against Shia worshippers during a religious festival. The al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which has regrouped in Karachi, is the prime suspect.
A suicide bomber killed 15 Shia mourners and wounded 100 more in an attack on a procession in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-held Kashmir. Two policemen were among those killed. This was the third suicide attack in Pakistan-held Kashmir this year.
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Three suicide bombers blew themselves up in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Police chased the men into the foothills after residents saw them dump a bag of weapons.
Terrorists killed a deputy inspector general from India’s Border Security Force and wounded three officers in an IED attack as he was inspecting the Samba region at the border. Two soldiers and a terrorist were killed in a gun battle in the Keran region.