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07-20-2015, 04:36 AM
Army acknowledged that there are attempts to attract the youth by such groups through social media which is having "some impact" and steps are needed to counter it.
Voicing concern over recruitment of educated Kashmiri youths into terror outfits, a top Army commander on Sunday said eyes cannot be shut to the “tragedy” that “alienation and lack of opportunities” was driving local youngsters towards
the gun and the Centre and the state government need to introspect to address these issues. General Officer Commanding In Chief (GoC-In-C), Northern Command, Lt Gen D S Hooda also said that while incidents of ISIS flags being raised
during protests in Kashmir have been witnessed, there weren’t any intelligence reports to suggest large foot-prints of the dreaded Islamic terror group in either in India or in Kashmir. At the same time, he said that there are attempts to
attract the youth by such groups through social media which is having “some impact” and steps are needed to counter it. The Army commander said “the numbers (of new militant recruits from Kashmir) are not very high as of now but if
this trend goes further I think it will be tragic for Kashmir and also a matter of concern.”
See more at: Army concerned over Kashmiri youth joining terror groups | The Indian Express (http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/army-concerned-over-kashmiri-youth-joining-terror-groups/)
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Voicing concern over recruitment of educated Kashmiri youths into terror outfits, a top Army commander on Sunday said eyes cannot be shut to the “tragedy” that “alienation and lack of opportunities” was driving local youngsters towards
the gun and the Centre and the state government need to introspect to address these issues. General Officer Commanding In Chief (GoC-In-C), Northern Command, Lt Gen D S Hooda also said that while incidents of ISIS flags being raised
during protests in Kashmir have been witnessed, there weren’t any intelligence reports to suggest large foot-prints of the dreaded Islamic terror group in either in India or in Kashmir. At the same time, he said that there are attempts to
attract the youth by such groups through social media which is having “some impact” and steps are needed to counter it. The Army commander said “the numbers (of new militant recruits from Kashmir) are not very high as of now but if
this trend goes further I think it will be tragic for Kashmir and also a matter of concern.”
See more at: Army concerned over Kashmiri youth joining terror groups | The Indian Express (http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/army-concerned-over-kashmiri-youth-joining-terror-groups/)
http://images.indianexpress.com/2015/06/kashmir-is-759.jpg