Poonch district

In J&K's Poonch area, security forces on February 14 have recovered arms and ammunition, including two pistols and an AK-47 rifle. The search operation was conducted by J&K police along with the Indian army, near the LoC in Deri Dabsi village of Mendhar area. In a joint operation, they recovered one AK-47, two pistols, pistol magazines. However, an FIR has been registered under the relevant arms act.

Rashtriya rifles of the Indian army reported that 9 soldiers were killed so far in the search operation in the Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir. The Indian army started a search operation nearby the forest area of the Poonch district after a group of militants trespassed the Line Of Control (LOC). Reportedly, five soldiers were killed on October 11 and four were killed on October 14. 

Two teenage girls from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir unknowingly crossed the international border and entered into Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector during the wee hours of December 6. The Indian troops later identified the girls as Laiba and Sana Zabair, residents of Forward Kahuta tehsil of Pakistan. However, the soldiers at the Line of Control saved the girls and have initiated procedures for their repatriation to Pakistan.

During the early hours of September 5, Pakistani troops opened fire and used intense motor shelling at three sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. A defense spokesperson informed that the violation of the ceasefire agreement happened across the border in Shahpur, Kirni, and Degwar sectors. He also told that the Indian Army responded appropriately and no casualty took place.