Overview

• Joint teams launched a cordon-and-search operation at Khanetar Top in Poonch district based on precise intelligence inputs about a terror consignment.
• The raid recovered two pistols, magazines, 24 rounds of 9mm ammunition, an under barrel grenade launcher, six hand grenades, two IEDs and an electronic device.
• Officials say the weapons cache is tied to a larger cross-border smuggling network aiming to revive militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.
• The operation follows directives to dismantle the terror ecosystem by targeting militants, Over Ground Workers, drug traffickers and hawala financiers.
• After an April attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 civilians, armed forces have continued intelligence-led raids and target-specific strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.