Security personnel near the site of the gunfight in which Hizb commander Naikoo was killed in Pulwama district…Read More
NEW DELHI: Even as latest inputs suggest attempts by
terrorists
to step up strikes in J&K coincide with the anniversary of the Battle of Badr — the first military victory of
Prophet Muhammad
— on May 11, the security forces have put
Hizbul Mujahideen
on the back foot by neutralising its top commander
Riyaz Naikoo
.
Sources in the security establishment said while the leadership crisis is bound to throw Hizb’s plans into disarray, there could still be a backlash from