Terror in J&K has shrunk to mere proxy war: Amit Shah

The fight against terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir is in its decisive phase and recent incidents show that terrorism has been forced to shrink from highly organised acts of violence to a mere proxy war, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday. During a high-level meeting at the North Block in New Delhi to review the security situation in the Union Territory in the wake of recent terrorist attacks there, he also directed security agencies to implement area domination and zero-terror plans in the Jammu division like they did in Kashmir to achieve success.he government is determined to root out terrorism, Shah asserted.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Director of Intelligence Bureau, senior Army officers including Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pandey and Chief of Army Staff (Designate) General Upendra Dwivedi, Director General of Central Armed Police Forces, Chief Secretary, DGP of Jammu and Kashmir, and other senior officers attended the meeting. The annual Amarnath yatra is set to begin on the 29th of this month and will continue until the 19th of August.
Shah directed all security agencies to work in a mission mode and ensure quick response in a coordinated manner. He said the recent incidents show that terrorism has been forced to shrink from highly organised acts of terrorist violence to a mere proxy war.