190 militants killed in Kashmir this year: Army official

Srinagar: A top Army officer on Sunday said security forces had killed 190 militants, most of them foreign, so far this year in Kashmir and that there are around 200 more active in the valley currently.

General Officer Commanding (GoC), Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, Lt Gen J S Sandhu was speaking at a joint press conference here.

"This year we have had many successful operations in Kashmir region. We have killed about 190 terrorists as of date in 2017," the Army commander told reporters here.

"Out of these 190, 80 terrorists are local, and the remaining 110 were foreign terrorists," he said.

DGP S P Vaid, IGP Munir Khan, General Officer Commanding (GoC) Victor Force, Maj Gen BS Raju and IG CRPF (Operations) Zulfiqar Hasan were also present at the conference.

Lt Gen Sandhu said out of the 110 foreign terrorists, 66 were killed near the Line of Control (LoC) while infiltrating.