Turn up the heat before the chill, Doval tells Forces in the Valley
Currently there are just a handful of commanders remaining in the Valley while the rest are foot soldiers.
Turn up the heat before the winter was a message that the National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval sent out to the security forces in the Kashmir Valley. With the successful killing of Waseem Shah of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba on Saturday, there are just a handful of commanders left in the Valley.
The Army prior to the launch of Operation Clean up or Operation All Out had prepared a kill list of 223. As of today 171 terrorists have been killed in encounters and what is significant is that most of them have been top commanders of outfits such as the Jaish-e-Mohammad, Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Tayiba.
Currently
there
are
just
a
handful
of
commanders
remaining
in
the
Valley
while
the
rest
are
foot
soldiers.
Doval
feels
that
the
Army
and
the
police
should
focus
on
cleaning
up
the
commanders
as
it
leads
to
shaking
up
the
unit.
He
also
feels
that
all
the
commanders
must
be
cleaned
up
before
the
winter
sets
in.
Once
the
winter
sets
in,
the
infiltrations
stop.
If
the
commanders
are
cleaned
up
by
then,
it
would
help
in
maintaining
peace
in
Jammu
and
Kashmir
he
says.
Further, there is also a need to maintain a very strict vigil along the border areas since Pakistan would up the ante and try sending more terrorists before the winter sets in. If the commanders are targeted before the winter sets in, then terror groups would not be able to carry out attacks in the Valley as the numbers would have dwindled.
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