For Pak, Kashmir Terror Attack A Ruse To Divert Attention From PoK: Experts

Security experts suggest that recent targeted killings of migrant workers in Kashmir are a strategic attempt by Pakistan to divert attention from internal unrest in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). The attacks follow a period of relative normalcy and tourism growth in the Kashmir Valley.
Why it matters
The resurgence of targeted violence in Kashmir threatens regional stability and the recent economic recovery driven by tourism.
As anger against the General Asim Munir's Army exploded across Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Rawalpindi appears to have pressed its old button again: Targetted killing. This evening, Pakistan-sponsored terrorists shot dead a migrant worker and injured another in the Kellam area of South Kashmir's Kulgam district. Preliminary reports say the terrorists opened fire on the migrants after sundown and fled under the cover of darkness. The Resistance Front (TRF), an off-shoot of Pakistan based Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) is believed to be behind the attack.Security forces immediately cordoned off the area and launched a massive search operation to track the attackers. The injured worker has been hospitalised.It is the first attack on migrant workers in South Kashmir after a four-year lull. It is also the second targeted killing in Kashmir Valley since July 22.The attack comes at a time PoK is witnessing unprecedented protests.
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