Qualla: 2016 Uri Attack https://qualla.com/2016-uri-attack en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:32 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: 2016 Uri Attack https://qualla.com/2016-uri-attack 2016 Uri Attack: Introduction https://qualla.com/2016-uri-attack/ At 5:30 in the morning on 18 September 2016, most of the soldiers at the Indian Army brigade headquarters near Uri were still asleep. It was a transition period: troops from 6 Bihar were replacing troops from 10 Dogra, and the incoming soldiers were housed in temporary tents rather than permanent structures. Four militants from Jaish-e-Mohammed, a Pakistan-based jihadist organization, had crossed the Line of Control through Haji Pir Pass two nights earlier and hidden in Sukhdar village, which offered an unobstructed view of the camp's layout. They lobbed 17 grenades in three minutes. The non-fire-retardant tents caught instantly. By the time the six-hour gun battle ended and all four attackers were dead, 17 Indian soldiers had been killed, with two more dying of wounds in the days that followed. The BBC called it the deadliest attack on security forces in Kashmir in two decades.

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/w/h/9/2016-uri-attack-wp/twh9-2016-uri-attack-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full 2016 Uri Attack: A Valley Already Burning https://qualla.com/2016-uri-attack/ The Uri attack did not arrive in a vacuum. Since July 2016, Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir had been convulsed by protests following the killing of Burhan Wani, a local militant of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, in an encounter with security forces. The demonstrations were describ...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/w/h/9/2016-uri-attack-wp/twh9-2016-uri-attack-a-valley-already-burning.mp3 0:06 2 full 2016 Uri Attack: Seventeen Grenades, Three Minutes https://qualla.com/2016-uri-attack/ The investigation that followed revealed a chain of failures. Standard security procedures required trimming tall grass and bushes around military installations, but the Uri camp had neglected this, giving the attackers concealment on their approach. Two manned guard posts failed...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/w/h/9/2016-uri-attack-wp/twh9-2016-uri-attack-seventeen-grenades-three-minutes.mp3 0:06 3 full 2016 Uri Attack: Surgical Strikes and Diplomatic Fallout https://qualla.com/2016-uri-attack/ Ten days after the attack, the Indian Army conducted what it described as surgical strikes across the Line of Control, targeting alleged militant launch pads in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Indian reports claimed approximately 150 militants were killed, though Pakistan denied ...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/w/h/9/2016-uri-attack-wp/twh9-2016-uri-attack-surgical-strikes-and-diplomatic-fallout.mp3 0:06 4 full 2016 Uri Attack: Words as Weapons https://qualla.com/2016-uri-attack/ The rhetoric that followed the attack revealed how deeply the wound cut. India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh called Pakistan a "terrorist state" that should be isolated. Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif called the attack an "inside job." Prime Minister Modi, spea...

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