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There have been several attacks on [[Indian Armed Forces]] by [[militant]]s in 2016.

==Pathankot==
{{Main|2016 Pathankot attack}}

The 2016 Pathankot attack was a terrorist attack committed on 2 January 2016 by a heavily armed group which attacked the [[Pathankot Air Force Station]], part of the [[Western Air Command]] of the [[Indian Air Force]].

Four attackers and two security forces personnel were killed in the initial battle, with an additional security force member dying from injuries hours later.<ref name=dnalive>{{cite web|title=LIVE Pathankot terror attack: High-level meeting between Manohar Parrikar, 3 Defence Chiefs and Ajit Doval begins|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/live-terrorists-launch-attack-on-iaf-base-in-pathankot-fierce-gunbattle-on-2161442|website=DNA India|accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Terrorists storm air force base, first challenge to Modi's Pak outreach|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/terrorists-storm-air-force-base-first-challenge-to-modis-pak-outreach/article8057276.ece|work=The Hindu|accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref> The gun battle and the subsequent combing operation lasted about 17 hours on 2 January, resulting in five attackers and 6 security personnel dead.<ref>{{cite news|title=5 terrorists, 3 jawans killed in gunbattle at Air Force base in Punjab|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/militants-attack-pathankot-air-force-base/article8057245.ece?ref=relatedNews|accessdate=15 January 2016|agency=The Hindu|date=2 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=toi17>{{cite web|title=Attack on Punjab airbase foiled, five Jaish men killed in 17-hour gunfight|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Attack-on-Punjab-airbase-foiled-five-Jaish-men-killed-in-17-hour-gunfight/articleshow/50422972.cms|website=Times of India|accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref> A further three soldiers died after being admitted to hospital with injuries, raising the death toll to 9 soldiers.<ref name=sss>{{cite web|title=4 Terrorists, 6 Soldiers Killed in Pathankot Terror Attack: Live Updates|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/terror-attack-at-air-force-base-in-punjabs-pathankot-live-updates-1261436|website=NDTV|accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref> On 3 January, fresh gunshots were heard, and another security officer was killed by an [[Improvised explosive device|IED]] explosion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pathankot attack: Fresh gunshots, blasts heard from inside air base, 3 injured|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pathankot-attack-Fresh-gunshots-blasts-heard-from-inside-air-base-3-injured/articleshow/50425066.cms|website=Times of India|accessdate=4 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=India Says Search for Attackers at Air Base Still Not Over|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/01/03/world/asia/ap-as-india-air-base-attack.html?_r=0|accessdate=4 January 2016|work=The New York Times|agency=The Associated Press|date=3 January 2016|location=Pathankot}}</ref> The operation continued on 4 January, and a fifth attacker was confirmed killed.<ref name=deccan>{{cite web|title=Fifth terrorist killed, says NSG; combing operations underway at Pathankot airbase|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/160104/nation-current-affairs/article/two-terrorists-still-holed-pathankot-air-force-base-operations|website=Deccan Chronicle|accessdate=4 January 2016}}A 6th terrorist is also believed to have been killed.</ref> Not until a final terrorist was reported killed on 5 January was the anti-terrorist operation declared over, though further searches continued for some time.<ref name="6attacker">{{cite news | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/live-terror-attack-at-pathankot-air-force-base-2-terrorist-killed/ | title=Pathankot attack: Sixth terrorist neutralised | work=The Indian Express Online Media Pvt Ltd | date=5 January 2016 | agency=The Indian Express | accessdate=13 January 2016 | author=Express Web Desk | location=Pathankot}}</ref>

==Pampore==
On 22 Feb 2016, Three terrorists were killed after two days of gunbattle in a multi-storey building of the J&K Entrepreneurship Development Institute campus at Sempora, Pampore. Two Army Captains Pawan Kumar 10 PARA (SF) and Tushar Mahajan 9 PARA (SF) and Lance Naik Om Prakash 9 PARA (SF) were killed.<ref>Deccan Chronicle [https://web.archive.org/web/20190320104634/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/220216/army-fires-mortar-bombs-rockets-in-final-assault-against-militants-in-pampore.html J&K; encounter ends: Army kills all 3 militants, LeT hand suspected] 22 Feb 2016.</ref>

==2nd Pampore==
{{Main|2016 Pampore attack}}
The 2016 Pampore attack was an attack by [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] militants on 25 June 2016, near the town of [[Pampore]] in the [[India]]n territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. Killing 8 officers and injuring 25 others

==Uri==
{{Main|2016 Uri attack}}
The 2016 Uri attack was an attack by four heavily armed terrorists on 18 September 2016, near the town of [[Uri, Jammu and Kashmir|Uri]] in the [[India]]n territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It was reported as "the deadliest attack on security forces in Kashmir in two decades".<ref name="uri">{{cite news|title=Militants attack Indian army base in Kashmir 'killing 17'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37399969|accessdate=18 September 2016|agency=BBC News|date=18 September 2016}}</ref> 21 Indian soldiers were dead and almost 100 were injured. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, though the militant group [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]] is suspected of being involved in the planning and execution of the attack.<ref name="susperps">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/uri-attack-jaish-suspects-in-hand-evidence-shown-to-envoy-3053717/|title=Uri attack: Jaish-e-Muhammad suspects in hand, evidence shown to envoy|date=28 September 2016|work=indianexpress.com}}</ref> At the time of the attack, the [[Kashmir Valley]] region was at the centre of [[2016 Kashmir unrest|unrest]], during which 85 civilians were killed<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/18/asia/india-kashmir-attack/|title=Soldiers killed in army base attack in Indian-administered Kashmir|work=CNN|date=19 September 2016|accessdate=21 September 2016|quote=After a few years of relative calm in Indian-administered Kashmir -- largely considered one of the world's most tumultuous geopolitical flashpoints since the India-Pakistan partition -- the region has been gripped by unrest for more than two months.}}</ref> and thousands injured in clashes with security forces.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/32651887/suspected-rebels-attack-major-indian-army-base-in-kashmir|title=India blames Pakistan militants for Kashmir attack which killed 17|work=Yahoo|date=19 September 2016|accessdate=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919132241/https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/32651887/suspected-rebels-attack-major-indian-army-base-in-kashmir/|archive-date=19 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Baramulla==
{{Main|2016 Baramulla attack}}
On the midnight of the second and third of October 2016, militants attacked a camp of the [[Indian Army]]'s 46 [[Rashtriya Rifles]] killing 3 soldiers and injuring many in the [[Baramulla district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]<ref>{{citation |title=Terrorists Attack Army Camp in Kashmir's Baramulla |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/heavy-firing-reported-near-army-camp-in-jammu-and-kashmirs-baramulla-1469307 |work=[[NDTV]] |date=3 October 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Terrorists target Army camp in J&K's Baramulla|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Terrorists-target-Army-camp-in-JKs-Baramulla/articleshow/54645240.cms|website=Times of India|accessdate=2 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BSF jawan killed in militant attack on army camp in Baramulla|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/army-camp-in-kashmir-s-baramulla-under-attack-by-militants/story-kWfsd7HYwVsqtS1sySz3RO.html|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=2 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Army camp attacked in Baramulla|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/army-camp-under-attack-in-baramulla/article9176580.ece|website=The Hindu|accessdate=2 October 2016}}</ref>

==Handwara==
On 6 October, the militants attacked [[Handwara]] army camp in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{citation |title=Kashmir: Militants open fire at army camp in Handwara, 2 dead |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/jk-militants-open-fire-at-army-camp-at-langate-handwara-3067819/ |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=6 October 2016 }}</ref>

==Shopian==
Terrorists attacked a police post in Jamnageri area of the [[Shopian district]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] on 7 October 2016.<ref>{{citation |title=Terrorist attack in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir kills 1 policeman |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/terrorisy-attack-in-shopian-district-of-jammu-and-kashmir-kills-1-policeman/410640 |work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |date=7 October 2016 }}</ref>

==Zakura==
1 [[Sashastra Seema Bal]] member was killed and 8 others were injured by militants while on patrol on the outskirts of [[Srinagar]]<ref>{{citation |title=SSB jawan killed, 8 others injured in terrorist attack on patrolling party on outskirts of Srinagar |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/zakura-terror-attack-ssb-patrol-party-injured-jawans-search-operation-crpf-camp-jammu-and-kashmir/1/787149.html |work=[[India Today]] |date=14 October 2016 }}</ref>

==Nagrota==
{{main|2016 Nagrota army base attack}}
The [[Indian Army]] base in [[Nagrota]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] was attacked on 29 November 2016 by a group of  militants.
During the ensuing gun battle, seven Indian soldiers, including two officers and all three militants were killed.<ref name="J&K: Seven army men killed in terror attack at Army post in Nagrota, all terrorists neutralised">{{Cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/jk-2-officers-5-jawans-killed-after-militants-attack-army-post-in-nagrota-4401754/ |title=J&K: Seven army men killed in terror attack at Army post in Nagrota, all terrorists neutralised |publisher=The Indian Express |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="7 soldiers, 6 militants killed in twin attacks near Jammu">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/7-soldiers-6-militants-killed-in-twin-attacks-near-Jammu/article16719557.ece?homepage=true |title=7 soldiers, 6 militants killed in twin attacks near Jammu |publisher=The Hindu |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Militants Attack Indian Army Base in Nagrota, Inflaming Tensions With Pakistan">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/world/asia/kashmir-jammu-attack.html |title=Militants Attack Indian Army Base in Nagrota, Inflaming Tensions With Pakistan |work=The New York Times |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref>

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