‘New wave’: Why suspected rebel attacks are rising in Kashmir’s Jammu area

An Indian Army soldier walks near the site of a gunfight between suspected rebels and security forces at a checkpoint in Nagrota on the outskirts of Jammu [File: Channi Anand/AP]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told parliament last month that the armed rebellion in Indian-administered Kashmir was in its final stages due to his government’s “multipronged” strategy, implemented since his government scrapped the region’s special status five years ago.

Three days later, on July 6, two Indian Army personnel and four suspected rebels were killed in two separate gunfights in the disputed region’s Kulgam district, raising questions about Modi’s claim.