In 29 days the security forces in November have killed 37 terrorists of which 28 were from the terror-infested south Kashmir.

The overall number of terrorists to have been killed this year is 227. Last year the number of terrorists to have been killed by the security forces was 207.

The most successful days of the month have been November 23 and 2. In these days the forces killed 12 terrorists.

The encounter was in central Kashmir, two local terrorists Mukhtar Ahmed Khan and Muhammad Amin Mir were killed in the encounter.

In the Bhijbehara encounter, six terrorists were killed. They included Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Azad Ahmad Malik, Basir Mir, Unais, Shahid, Aqib and Umar Ghanie.

In Shopian those to be those who killed down on a single day were Azad Ahmed Malik, Basit Ahmad Mir, Unais, Atif Hassan Najar, Shahid, and Firdous Ahmad Mir.

Out of these 37 terrorists who have been killed 6 were commanders. A top terrorist of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the killer of noted journalist Shujaat Bukhari were gunned down in an encounter with security forces.  This is the most successful operation of the year.

Most of the terrorists killed this week were involved in luring youth into terrorism. They were also the same one who was indulged in the killing of civilians while accusing them of being informers, director general of police, Dilbag Singh said.

He also added that the recruitment had come down to a large extent. In the past two months, there has not been a single instance of a local youth joining terrorism.

He said that those local youth who have joined terrorism must shun their weapons and return to the mainstream. We will sincerely help the locals to return and join their families.