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Assassination of Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir, Mushir-u-Haq. 1 May Assassination of Sarwanand Koul Premi and his son. Anti-Pandit Militants 2 21 May Assassination of Imam Mohammad Farooq Shah. Hizbul Mujahideen: 1 1990–1991 Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus: Anti-Hindu and Anti India Millitants 217-228 [7] [8] Dissolved (Jagmohan Malhotra)
The insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, also known as the Kashmir insurgency, is an ongoing separatist militant insurgency against the Indian administration in Jammu and Kashmir, [13] [30] a territory constituting the southwestern portion of the larger geographical region of Kashmir, which has been the subject of a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.
The present terrorist act in Jammu and Kashmir like yesterday's attack on a group of foreign tourists in the north of Pakistan form part of the same chain of international terrorism which present today a major threat to peace and security, including in South Asia.
A series of massacres of Hindus in May–August 2001 by Islamic militants took place in the erstwhile Doda district (present-day Kishtwar district) of Jammu and Kashmir, India, wherein 43 Hindus were killed. [1] [2] [3] The massacres took place at villages and temporary summer camps called dhoks in remote meadows used by local shepherds. [4]
Uri, Jammu & Kashmir: 23 8 India claimed surgical strike on terrorist camps across Line of Control, Pakistan denied that a cross-border strike took place. [42] 100 3 October 2016 2016 Baramulla attack: Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir: 5 101 6 October 2016 2016 Handwara attack at 30 Rashtriya Rifles camp Handwara, Jammu & Kashmir: 102 29 November 2016
11 September 2002 (): : Mushtaq Ahmed Lone, the Kashmir Law Minister was shot dead at an election rally in Kupwara, India, by armed terrorist diseguised with burkas, killing two of the minister´s bodyguardas and wounding five people more, for the attack, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Al Barq and Al-Arifeen each claimed the attack.
India and Pakistan each claim the divided territory of Kashmir in its entirety. Rebels in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir have been fighting New Delhi’s rule since 1989.
Operation Rakshak is an ongoing counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operation started during the height of insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir in June 1990. The operation adapted itself from being merely a "show of strength" in 1990 to encompassing more areas in 1991 such as orders "not to enter the houses of civilians", "not to smoke in religious places" and "not to damage standing crops".