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Pakistan retaliating with two ceasefire violations daily after India's surgical strike

Intelligence inputs also indicate that after India's surgical strikes, the Pakistani Army has carried out "precautionary deployment" all along the LoC on their side to fill up the gaps, as they fear another round of strikes from Indian forces.

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Pakistani forces have been making desperate attempts to retaliate since the surgical strike carried out by the Indian Army last month, which destroyed terror launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC).

The Forces have been kept busy over the last month, as on average, two ceasefire violations have taken place every day since the precision operation by the Indian Army. According to official figures, out of the 115 violations along the border this year, 60 have taken place after India's offensive last month. The Indian Army hit back after 18 armymen were killed in a terror attack in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir on September 18.

"There has not been a single day since the surgical strikes when Pakistani forces have not indulged in shelling and firing. We have hit back each time," said an intelligence official.

Sources say the situation will continue to remain volatile as Pakistani forces are now desperate to hit back across the LoC and International Border. (IB) "According to ground intelligence and chatter picked up from across the border, Pakistani forces are pumping in more fidayeens (suicide bombers) to strike at Indian forces," said an intelligence official.

Intelligence inputs also indicate that after India's surgical strikes, the Pakistani Army has carried out "precautionary deployment" all along the LoC on their side to fill up the gaps, as they fear another round of strikes from Indian forces.

"Soon after our raids, they have increased deployment in areas they consider vulnerable. Precautionary deployment is roughly 25 per cent of full mobilisation," said an intelligence official.

It's not just in the IB, where security forces are facing a stiff challenge but also in the Kashmir Valley that has been in turmoil over the last three months since the killing of local Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani by Indian forces.

Taking advantage of the situation, Pakistani terror groups have intensified their efforts to recruit local Kashmiri youth into militancy. It is estimated that around 100 youth have gone missing in the last three months, raising fears of a massive local recruitment drive. According to a recent review by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the number of locals joining the outfits could go over 150 this year. "Last year, around 80 young men joined the terror ranks but we expect this to double by the end of the year," said a top intelligence official.

Sources also said that around 4,000 people, who were part of the stone- pelting mobs attacking security forces, have been arrested in the last three months. These were mostly from areas in south Kashmir that have the maximum number of local recruits.

Figures released by the Army show that 129 terrorists have been killed this year till now. Contrast this to 2015, when the figure for the entire year was 97. Sources say that most of the kills this year have happened near the LoC as infiltrating terrorists were intercepted.

Pak blames India for ceasefire violations

Dr Mohammad Faisal, Pakistan's Director-General (SA & SAARC), summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh on Friday and strongly condemned the "unprovoked ceasefire violations" on October 27 by Indian forces at the working boundary in Shakargarh sector and on the LoC in Nikial sector, resulting in the martyrdom of six civilians, including two women and injuries to 22 civilians, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

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