ThePrint | Poonch ambush had unmistakable Pakistani hand. But here’s why Indian govt is downplaying it
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir reared its ugly head yet again on 20 April 2023 with the ambush of an Army vehicle near the Line of Control in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district, resulting in the death of five Rashtriya Rifles soldiers. No group has so far claimed responsibility. Many questions about the incident remain unanswered, and the truth may never be publicly known. But that should not prevent concerted efforts to situate the incident in the context of the dynamics that have emerged since the August 2019 revocation of J&K’s special status and its bifurcation into two Union territories.
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