{"id":85437,"date":"2025-01-13T22:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=85437"},"modified":"2025-01-13T22:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:19:09","slug":"80-of-remaining-terrorists-in-jk-are-of-pak-origin-army-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/13\/80-of-remaining-terrorists-in-jk-are-of-pak-origin-army-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"80% of remaining terrorists in J&#038;K are of Pak origin: Army Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Says situation under control but infiltration attempts, terror infrastructure persis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>New Delhi, Jan 13 (KNO): Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday said that 80% of the remaining terrorists in the Jammu and Kashmir are of Pakistani origin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, the Army chief, as per news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that there is a shift &#8220;from terrorism to tourism,&#8221; marked by a decline in violence and successful events like the Amarnath Yatra, which saw over 5 lakh pilgrims last year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said that last year, 60% of terrorists eliminated were of Pakistan origin. &#8220;As of today, around 80% or more of the remaining terrorists in the Valley and Jammu area are believed to be of Pakistan origin,&#8221; he said, adding that despite the effective ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control (LoC) since February 2021, infiltration attempts and terror infrastructure persist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged increased terrorist activities in north Kashmir and the Doda-Kishtwar belt but emphasised that overall violence levels remain under control.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The peaceful conduct of the Amarnath Yatra, which saw over five lakh pilgrims last year, and elections in the region indicate a positive shift from &#8216;terrorism to tourism,'&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasised the role of the media in national security, stating, &#8220;Mass media and security forces have great potential to converge towards nation-building and national security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My mission is to ensure full-spectrum preparedness while transforming the Indian Army into an Atmanirbhar (self-reliant), future-ready force, a key pillar of national security that contributes meaningfully to nation-building,&#8221; he said\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Says situation under control but infiltration attempts, terror infrastructure persis &nbsp; New Delhi, Jan 13 (KNO): Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday said that 80% of the remaining terrorists in the Jammu and Kashmir are of Pakistani origin. &nbsp; Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, the Army chief, as per news agency&mdash;Kashmir [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85438,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85437\/revisions\/85438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}