19 sept 2011
There have been only sporadic incidents of violence in 2011, leaving 60 guerrillas, 21 security personnel and 25 civilians dead.
The slain security personnel include 13 soldiers and paramilitary troopers as well as eight policemen.
There have been around 25 grenade attacks and seven improvised explosive device blasts so far, said an intelligence officer.
Violence aimed at getting Jammu and Kashmir secede from India has claimed thousands of lives since 1989, with tourism virtually drying up during some years.
The picture is now different.
Despite the separatist violence, around 400,000 tourists visited the Valley in addition to about 600,000 who came here for the annual Amarnath Yatra this year.
Peace winds blow in Kashmir Valley
Srinagar: With relative peace returning to Kashmir Valley, tourists are again flocking to Jammu and Kashmir in large numbers. But the army says terrorists are waiting to sneak in from Pakistan.
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The slain security personnel include 13 soldiers and paramilitary troopers as well as eight policemen.
There have been around 25 grenade attacks and seven improvised explosive device blasts so far, said an intelligence officer.
Violence aimed at getting Jammu and Kashmir secede from India has claimed thousands of lives since 1989, with tourism virtually drying up during some years.
The picture is now different.
Despite the separatist violence, around 400,000 tourists visited the Valley in addition to about 600,000 who came here for the annual Amarnath Yatra this year.
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