Retired Pak soldiers part of militant ranks in J&K a worrying trend: Army

NORTHERN Army Commander Lt General Upendra Dwivedi on Friday revealed that retired Pakistan soldiers are part of militant ranks operating in Jammu and Kashmir and stated that the two Lashkar militants killed in Rajouri encounter were highly trained and might have been trained in many countries, including Pakistan and Afghanistan.

- FAYAZ WANI

"We have found that some militants operating in J&K were retired Pakistani soldiers.

There are no local recruits here and they are pushing foreign terrorists to carry out militant activities. Our effort is to eliminate all the foreign militants operating in J&K," Lt Gen Dwivedi told reporters after participating in a wreath-laying ceremony for the five soldiers killed in a two day long encounter with Lashkar militants in Kalakote forest area of Rajouri.