Overview
- Indian Army has expanded operations into snowbound ridgelines and forests in Kishtwar and Doda after intelligence flagged terrorist hideouts.
- Assessments by multiple agencies estimate 30–35 Pakistan‑linked terrorists in the Jammu region, now pushed into higher uninhabited belts.
- Troops have established temporary high‑altitude bases and posts, using drones, thermal imagers, ground sensors and surveillance radars for constant monitoring.
- Operations are integrated with J&K Police, CRPF, SOG, civil administration, forest guards and Village Defence Guards to accelerate intelligence sharing and execution.
- The approach follows a surveillance–sweep–surveillance doctrine to keep cleared areas under watch through the winter and block regrouping.