Operation Sarvashakti, led by the Indian Army, has begun in Jammu and Kashmir. Troops from both sides of the Pir Panjal range are involved in the security situation.

Indian forces have been ambushed in Rajouri and Poonch by terrorists, and their capture is the objective.

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Background

Ambushes in Kashmir have killed seven soldiers in the last several years, while assaults in the Rajouri-Poonch area have killed twenty more.

These outlying places are thought by authorities to be hiding places of the terrorists who ambushed security personnel in Rajouri-Poonch in 2023.

According to intelligence gathered by the security services, the majority of the surviving terrorists operating in Jammu and Kashmir are from outside the country.

The Pir Panjal Mountain Range

The Pir Panjal Range is a group of mountains in northern India’s Himalayan area, namely in the Lower Himalayan section of the Western Himalayas.

It stretches from the Beas and Neelam/Kishanganga rivers in the southeast to the northwest, via the Himachal Pradesh region of India and the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region in the northwest, before finally finishing in Pakistan.

The Pir Panjal range rises gradually towards the Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal mountains, making it the biggest range in the Lesser Himalayas.

It cuts across the Himalayas, creating a gulf between the Chenab and the rivers Beas and Ravi, and it flows next to the Sutlej River. The Pir Panjal range separates the Jammu region’s highlands from the Kashmir Valley to the west.