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J&K Security Posture After Pahalgam
The Pahalgam massacre of 22 April 2025 - gunmen filtered victims by faith and shot 26 dead - reset India's security calculus in Jammu & Kashmir. Delhi's answer, Operation Sindoor, hit terror bases across the Line of Control in early May before the two armies' DGMOs agreed to stop firing on 10 May 2025. A year on, the posture has hardened: a denser anti-infiltration grid, operations pushed into the higher reaches, Mission Sudarshan Chakra, and a fortress-grade cordon around the 2026 Amarnath Yatra.
Last updated 14 July 20266 min read
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Post-Pahalgam recalibration: Operation Sindoor's response arc, a hardened anti-infiltration and high-altitude posture, and a multi-layered security grid for the 2026 Amarnath Yatra.
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