Operation Ginger: The Secret 2011 Cross-LoC Strike That Avenged Beheadings

• In July 2011, a Pakistani Border Action Team killed six Indian soldiers and beheaded two at Gugaldhar Ridge, Kupwara.
• Operation Ginger was a retaliatory cross-LoC strike planned in secrecy by the Indian Army, involving Para Commandos.
• On August 29, Indian troops crossed the LoC, ambushing Pakistani positions in Neelam Valley on August 30.
• Reports suggest at least eight Pakistani soldiers, including a junior officer, were killed in the strike.
• The operation remained undisclosed for years, only emerging publicly after the 2016 surgical strikes.