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Security forces have upper hand in J&K: Advani

Union Home Minister L K Advani on Saturday said that security forces had the 'upper hand' in countering terrorist activities across Jammu and Kashmir with a number of militants killed during the last three months.

Advani told reporters in Lucknow that the militants had been able to kill innocent people by aiming at soft targets, but maintained security forces had the upper hand in countering them.

It is difficult to get quick results in a proxy war as compared to an open war, he said referring to Israel and United Kingdom.

The overall improvement could be gauged from the fact that over 600,000 tourists visited J&K during the last three years, which is much more than during the last 10 years, Advani said.

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