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India-Pakistan
Five soldiers killed, another critically injured in Poonch terrorist attack, hunt continues
2023-04-21
[GreaterKashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
] Five soldiers were charred to death after snuffies attacked their vehicle with grenades in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, army said.

In a statement, the army’s Northern Command said that an army vehicle moving between Bhimber Gali and Poonch in the Rajauri sector was fired on by unidentified snuffies at about 3 pm.

The statement said that the vehicle caught fire due to "likely" use of grenades by terrorists, who took advantage of heavy rains and low visibility in the area.

"Five personnel of the Rashtriya Rifles Unit deployed for Counter Terrorist operations, in this area, have unfortunately bit the dust in the incident," it said.

Another seriously injured soldier was evacuated immediately to the Army Hospital at Rajauri and is under treatment, added the statement.

"Operations are in progress to locate the perpetrators," the statement said further. "Further details are being ascertained."
Khaama Press adds:
According to sources, the Incident was carried out by the terror organization People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), which receives funding from Jaish, reported by India today.



7 terrorists may have carried out RPG attack on Indian Army soldiers in Poonch

[OneIndia] Seven terrorists were involved in the attack on the Indian Army soldiers, which took place in Poonch Jammu and Kashmir, the preliminary probe has shown.

Sources tell OneIndia that the terrorists had fired at the vehicle from all sides and had used rocket-propelled grenades. The investigation into the incident continues, while a massive search operation has been launched to nab the terrorists involved in the attack.

While a Jaish-e-Mohammad
...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat...
 backed group has grabbed credit for the attack, Sherlocks are also not ruling out the possibility of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba being involved in the same. The source cited above said that the holy warriors may have escaped into the dense forests and hence the search operation is tougher.

Another official said that the holy warriors took advantage of the rainy conditions and poor visibility to carry out the attack.

The attack took place on a day when it was confirmed that Pakistain minister Bilawal Baby Bhutto Zardari
...Pak dynastic politician, son of Benazir Bhutto and grandon of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. As far as is known, Bilawal has no particular talents other than being pretty and being able to memorize political slogans, but he had the good luck to be born into the right family and he hasn't been assassinated yet...
 would be attending the G20 meet in India. This development also comes in the wake of Pakistain asking all G20 members, particularly to its all-weather friend China to boycott the event.

According to the Intelligence agencies, the attack was specifically planned and timed to create panic ahead of the G20 event. The terrorist group has done a thorough reconnaissance before staging the attack. The official cited above said that it is clear that this was planned to reign havoc in the Valley and disrupt India's plans of holding such a big summit. The aim of the Pakistain establishment was clear and that it wanted to instigate violence in Jammu and Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
 ahead of the event.
Another One India article adds:
"The 'People's Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF)' emerged in the year 2019 as a proxy outfit of Jaish-e-Mohammed, a proscribed terrorist organisation listed at serial number 6 of the First Schedule under the UAPA Act," the MHA notification reads. "The People's Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF) regularly issues threats to Indian security forces, political leaders, civilians working in Jammu and Kashmir from other states along with other organisations is involved in conspiring proactively, physically and in social media, to undertake violent terrorist acts in Jammu and Kashmir as well as other major cities in India is indulging in radicalisation," the MHA also said.
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