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Terrorist activities in Kashmir

The Jammu - Srinagar national highway (NH 1A), the only winter route to Kashmir, is frequently disrupted due to heavy accumulation of snow at Batot - Patni top, Banihal tunnel and Quazi gund. Numerous frequent landslides and hurtling down of small bridges on the valley makes the traffic difficult. Heavy snows generally commence in October and the falls carry till May. Zoji la (3980 m, pass) leading to Ladakh (Leh) from Srinagar remains closed for almost six months. Closing of Khardung la (5602 m, world's highest motorable road from Leh to Siachen glacier base at Panamik) causes the road movement and stocking schedules of Shyok and Siachen garrisons.

Thoise on the other side of Khardung la acts as an airfield for Siachen. Line of Control beyond the point NJ 9842 (Siachen) was undetermined and was captured by Indian Army in 1984.

Series of bomb blasts ripped through the Kashmir valley and on the national highways on both sides of Jawahar tunnel at Banihal, random bomb blasts near Srinagar club, detection of a powerful explosive device inside the Jawahar tunnel itself, frequented prolonged 'hartals' at Srinagar, unidentified gunmen on motorcycles opened fire at the sentry posts outside the residence of the sessions judge, firing near Inspector General office, killing of three terrorists in an encounter, a car was blown up in Lal Chowk and bombs were lobbed at a police piquet at Zaldagar bridge, two extremists fired at a CRPF post in the High court premises, several bomb blasts at various tourist complexes in the city, extremists lobbed a hand grenade on the roof of the TV transmission centre and at various police out posts.

A bus carrying CRPF 'jawans' were bombed by a remotely operated device killing more than 16, a powerful time bomb was detected at the Srinagar airport and was disarmed later, mob violence and protests, riots, military convoys were targeted by remotely operated bombs, grenades were lobbed at an ammunition depot, airfields of Avantipur and Badgam
were attacked using rockets in a commando style operation by terrorists and damaged a couple of parked aircrafts.