New Delhi: There are no Taliban in the Kashmir Valley, Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor claimed on Tuesday.
"We have had no traces of Taliban. But I would like to say, if any element... whether it is LeT (Lashkar-e-Toiba), JeM (Jaish-e-Mohammad), HuJI (Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami)... whenever an element tries to disrupt peace in a region he will be dealt with in the same fashion. He will be neutralised," said General Deepak Kapoor.
The Army chief also assured that the borders will be guarded during polls.
"We had already foreseen all this happening. We are quite well prepared for it. We did expect, because of the elections, there would be a certain amount of calibration from the other side to push in infiltrators," said General Kapoor.
The General also claimed that women terrorists were being trained on the Pakistani side of the Line of Control to infiltrate into India for terror acts.
"We have information that women are being trained on the other side to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir. It is possible that women may be involved in giving directions to the terrorists," the Army chief said, when asked about the possibility of involvement of women handlers in the Pulwama encounter that ended on Monday with the killing of two terrorists.
"We are quite confident that we will be able to meet this situation and are quite sure that people will be able to exercise their franchise in a peaceful and stable environment as had happened for assembly elections," Kapoor added.
(With inputs from PTI)
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