"The elections frustrated terror groups and forced them to activate the sleeper cells to sabotage the democratic process," Ayjaz Wani, a strategic analyst based at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in New Delhi, told DW.
Some experts have called this uptick a 'shift' in the militants' strategy, saying that the focus was moving southwards and away from the restive Muslim-majority Kashmir valley to the Hindu-majority Jammu.
While some media outlets decried the attacks as part of a 'new wave' and 'renewed terror' in the troubled region, others pointed to the number of fatalities as evidence of no real uptick in militant activity.
"The overall trend after 2006 has been a declining one. There is no reason to believe that there is any escalation," Ajai, another expert, stated.
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