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ORF (Observer Research Foundation) · India · Kashmir's war shifts south: militants quit the Valley and dig into Jammu's Pir Panjal forests
Maps the shift in India's J&K doctrine post-Sindoor: treating cross-border terrorism as an act of war is now institutionalized; the Jammu theater tests that doctrine against terrain where drones and cameras are less decisive; JeM re-emergence documented alongside 30-plus targeted killings of Pakistan-based commanders in early 2026.
“Operation Sindoor established a new deterrence ceiling. Whether that ceiling holds will be tested in the Pir Panjal, not in Srinagar.”