Army destroys 9 live mortar shells in Poonch

September 19, 2019 13:17

The Indian Army destroyed nine live mortar shells of 120mm found at different locations in the district on Wednesday. The shells were found at Sandote, Basoni and Balakote villages in Mendhar sub-division of the district.

Pakistan continues to push terrorists into India and has increased terror activities in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) even as the FATF's sword hangs on its head.

In a video accessed by ANI yesterday, it can be clearly seen that Pakistani troops or terrorists backed by Islamabad attempted BAT action and were immediately eliminated.

"Post Article 370 abrogation, numbers of launch pads have been activated by the Pakistani Army close to our own posts along the Line of Control (LoC) and these are only a few hundred meters to 2 km from the LoC," Indian Army sources said.

"These launch pads in the areas facing Gurez, Machchal, Keran, Tangdhar, Uri, Poonch, Naushera, Sunderbani, RS Pura, Ramgarh, Kathua harbor more than 250 terrorists," they said.Army sources said a communication centre has been activated in the Kalighati area since early August to coordinate and facilitate infiltration.

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