Arrival of "Sticky Bombs" in Kashmir Sets Off Alarm Bells | Indian Army News
"Sticky bombs", which can be attached to vehicles and detonated remotely, have been seized during raids in recent months in the . . .
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Arrival of "Sticky Bombs" in Kashmir Sets Off Alarm Bells | Indian Army News
Security forces battling a decades-long insurgency in Kashmir are alarmed by the recent arrival in the disputed region of small, magnetic bombs that have wreaked havoc in Afghanistan. "Sticky bombs", which can be attached to vehicles and detonated remotely, have been seized during raids in recent months in the federally administered region of Jammu and Kashmir, three senior security officials told Reuters. "These are small IEDs and quite powerful," said Kashmir Valley police chief Vijay Kumar, referring to improvised explosive devices. "It will certainly impact the present security scenario as volume and frequency of vehicular movements of police and security forces are high in Kashmir Valley." The arrival of the sticky bombs in Kashmir - including 15 seized in a February raid - raises concerns that an unnerving tactic attributed to the Taliban insurgents in nearby Afghanistan could be spreading to the India-Pakistan conflict. Manipur CM N Biren Singh felicit…
