Jammu and Kashmir: Sharp rise in IED Attacks, Casualties and Seizures as Terrorists Pick Up Tips from Naxals

This year’s biggest worry for security forces in Jammu and Kashmir is last year’s data on attacks involving improvised explosive devices (IEDs), their seizures, and their rampant use by terrorists. According to official data, jihadists have started adopting the Naxal strategy of planting IEDs to target soldiers, especially since the 2019 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed.

Government data reveals that there is a rise in IED attacks in Jammu and Kashmir by terrorists along with a rise in seizures of the devices, instances of IEDs being disposed of by security forces, and personnel being killed in attacks with these explosives, etc.