September to December is winter in Jammu and Kashmir and infiltration attempts have been seen to decrease at this time because snow blocks the passes and roads in border areas. (Source: Express photo by Shuaib masoodi/Representational)The number of ceasefire violations by Pakistan and casualties on the Indian side of the Line of Control and the international border dipped after last year’s surgical strikes, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday. In three months after the surgical strikes, 87 terror incidents in the state were reported in which 19 security personnel and six civilians were killed, he said in a written reply. The surgical strikes were carried out by the Army after the terror attack in Uri. The government had said during the strikes that many terror launch pads were destroyed and several militants killed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Source: Indian Express March 23, 2017 00:33 UTC