Union Home Minister Amit Shah convened a pivotal high-level security review meeting in New Delhi on January 8, 2026, focused exclusively on the evolving security landscape in Jammu and Kashmir, where he reaffirmed the central government's resolute commitment to establishing enduring peace and completely uprooting terrorism under the direct guidance and leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In his directives to the assembled security apparatus, Shah stressed the imperative of conducting counter-terror operations in an accelerated mission mode, with particular emphasis on dismantling residual terrorist infrastructure, disrupting sophisticated terror financing channels, and neutralizing overground worker networks, while pledging unrestricted provision of all necessary financial, logistical, and intelligence resources to realize a completely terror-free Union Territory at the earliest possible timeline.

The meeting underscored the critical importance of perpetual alertness and seamless inter-agency synergy to consolidate and protect the substantial security advancements secured following the historic abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, as Shah commended the collective endeavors of security forces for effectively dismantling the once-entrenched terror ecosystem through a stringent zero-tolerance approach and meticulously coordinated multi-agency campaigns over the past several years.

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Key participants in this comprehensive review included Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Director of the Intelligence Bureau Tapan Kumar Deka, the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police of the Union Territory, alongside commanding heads of various Central Armed Police Forces such as the CRPF, BSF, and ITBP, as well as other senior operational and intelligence officials from relevant ministries and organizations.

Marking the inaugural major security assessment of 2026, the deliberations arrive against the backdrop of intensified winter operations targeting concealed militant hideouts in forested and mountainous regions, enhanced border grid fortifications to thwart infiltration bids from across the Line of Control, and proactive measures to counter emerging hybrid threats, all aimed at ensuring that the current year becomes a defining milestone in the irreversible eradication of terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir.

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