Overview
- Speaking at the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture on Governance, the national security adviser said the last major terror incident in the hinterland occurred in 2013.
- He cited July 1, 2005 and 2013 as benchmark attacks outside Jammu and Kashmir, asserting no comparable incidents since then.
- Doval described Jammu and Kashmir as a theatre of proxy or covert warfare for Pakistan, distinguishing it from the rest of the country.
- He reported that left-wing extremism has contracted to under 11% of the areas affected in 2014, with most previously listed districts now considered safe.
- He noted ongoing arrests and explosive recoveries by authorities, reiterated the absence of hinterland attacks, and stressed empowerment of the marginalised and women’s security as governance priorities.