Major fires : A major fire broke out in Army petrol depot and JKSRTC bus stand due to the firing of MZ A17 flame thrower. The staff of Radio Kashmir was held at pistol point and a programme was aired by the terrorists. The terrorists fled in a jeep after throwing two petrol bombs, power stations and transmission towers were regularly damaged in attacks, one tube of the Banihal tunnel was blocked for more than 24 hours when a truck blew up halfway, a number of houses (mainly made of wood) were set on fire by militants while escaping, two trucks in the up convoy were damaged by mines at Zoji la, frequent bank robberies, fire from automatic weapons were even directed to armed forces Head quarters and lots more.

The most disturbing feature in Kashmir was the total passivity of the police during 'bandhs' and strikes.

Large number of Kashmiri youths were trained in guerrilla warfare at Pak occupied Kashmir and send back to India with sophisticated automatic weapons to disrupt the peace in the valley. They are provided with automatic weapons, huge quantities of ammunition, hand grenades, plastic explosives and money. Training camps are located near the Line of Control and are run by experienced Afghan Mujahids. Batches of 500 Kashmiri youths were trained at a time here. The financial support for these caps were done by POK administration and from their donations of the businessmen of the area.