Reports of Taliban militants entering Kashmir baseless: Chidambaram

October 14th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Wednesday that the government was working on an honourable solution to the Kashmir problem and that separatist voices would be heard but stressed that there would be "no place for violence".

October 14th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said here that there has been an increase in infiltration to India from Pakistan in the past two to three months.

October 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - Applauding the efforts of Jammu and Kashmir security forces' to counter terror from across the border, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said state police were putting an all out effort to curb infiltration along the Line of Control (LoC). Addressing the media here, Chidambaram said, "Kashmir police is doing a commendable job and are putting all efforts to curb infiltration along the LoC." Speaking about the ongoing operation to flush out nine militants in forests near the Pampore region of the state, he said, "Jammu and Kashmir police is now prepared to be the frontline of the state's security and they are taking the lead to fight these terrorists." He also dismissed a report that Taliban militants are being pushed into Jammu and Kashmir to foment terror, saying that security forces were ready to deal with any situation.

October 1st, 2009 KABUL - A man who was abducted by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan has escaped from its captivity after killing six militants, an official said Thursday. The incident took place in Paktika province.

September 30th, 2009 SHIMLA - The Indian Army's top priorities are eliminating militants and checking infiltration from Pakistan into Jammu and Kashmir, an officer who takes over as the Northern Command chief said Wednesday. Lt Gen B.S. Jaswal, who takes over as the general officer-in-command of the Northern Command Thursday, is presently the general officer-in-command of the Army Training Command.

September 8th, 2009 JAMMU - An Indian Army major and two militants were killed in fighting near the border with Pakistan in the mountainous Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Wednesday. The army sources said that a group of militants were trying to sneak into the Indian side in the Sonagali area of Poonch district Tuesday night, some 220 km northwest of Jammu.

August 31st, 2009 JAMMU - A 40-year-old man was shot dead by suspected militants in a mountainous village of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said Monday. The militants raided the house of Ghulam Mohammad in Chenjar village of Kishtwar, 220 km north-east of Jammu, and killed him late Sunday night.

August 3rd, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least five militants were killed Monday when Pakistani fighter jets bombed Taliban hideouts in the northwestern part of the country, a media report said. Fighter jets bombed rebel hideouts in Doog Darra town near the restive Swat Valley following intelligence reports that a large number of militants had gathered in the area, military spokesman Major Nasir Ali Khan said.

July 4th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Two militants were killed and two soldiers wounded in an ongoing gunbattle in the Wedder Bala forest area of Kupwara district in north Kashmir, police said Saturday. Security forces surrounded the forest Friday on getting specific information about the presence of militants.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday outlined the second action plan for his ministry, as part of the agenda for the first 100 days of the government, including delegating more responsibilities to the Jammu and Kashmir police.

June 29th, 2009 JAMMU - A soldier was killed in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir by a group of militants from Pakistan who were trying to infiltrate into Indian territory, an army official said Monday. Mohinder Singh of 8 Kumaon fell to a bullet fired from across the Line of Control (LoC) late Sunday, while another soldier had a narrow escape.

June 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least six militants, including a Taliban commander, were killed in two separate clashes in northwest Pakistan, Geo TV said Friday. The report said the security forces bombed two Taliban hideouts Thursday in the Chapri Feroz Khel and Atman Khel areas, killing at least six militants including a local Taliban commander.

June 16th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, a day after the annual Amarnath pilgrimage began despite inclement weather. "Kapoor reviewed the over all security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the arrangements for smooth conduct of the Amarnath Yatra (pilgrimage)," said a defence ministry official.

June 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram will visit Jammu and Kashmir Thursday to review the security scenario in the state in the wake of the recent unrest in the valley over the alleged rape and murder of two women.

June 1st, 2009 KABUL - Six Taliban militants have been killed in fighting with the security forces in Afghanistan's northwestern Badghis province, officials said Monday. "In chasing Taliban insurgents, the troops of Afghan national army engaged them (militants) in Balamurghab district Sunday, killing six rebels and injuring eight others," military officer Jalandar Behnam said Monday.