'2000 rebel fighters waiting to cross into India from Pakistan'
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, July 18, IRNA
India-Kashmir-Pakistan
Indian newspaper 'The Asian Age' reported today that nearly 2000 armed intruders are waiting to cross into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan to keep the militant campaign in the Indian state on the boil.
"Despite the peace initiatives between India and Pakistan, the terrorist infrastructure is intact across the Line of Control where nearly 2,000 armed militants are poised to cross into this side to keep the pot of militancy boiling," a defence spokesman said in Poonch in Kashmir.
Most of these militants were currently waiting at "launching pads" on the Pakistani Kashmir's spots like Kopramain, Badayan Gopalpur, New Thruti, Daramsal, Sona, Pattan and Kanjur, he said.
Infiltration "has picked up though we had achieved near zero infiltration syndrome till May," he said. The soldiers were making use of thermal imagers and night-vision devices to keep tabs on infiltration activity along the 740-km LoC some of which had three-tier fencing.
The defence spokesperson said, the soldiers were "positioned at handshaking distance with Pakistani troops" in the mountainous belts at heights ranging from 1,500-21,000 feet to the Siachen glacier and Ladakh sectors".
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