On 14 February 2019, a convoy of CRPF vehicles carrying Indian security personnel on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway suffered a suicide attack, killing 45 Indian security personnel.
The attack took place in the Lethpora area near Avantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
The attack has been claimed by Pakistan-based Islamic terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed; However, Pakistan condemned the attack and denied responsibility.
This incident led to an India-Pakistan deadlock in 2019. Every country condemned this terrorist attack. On Thursday, a convoy of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Indian security personnel was attacked by terrorists in the Avantipora area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, in which about 40 soldiers have been killed and many others have been injured.
Reports have stated that the vehicle used by the terrorists was a Mahindra Scorpio with more than 300 kg of explosives. The injured were taken to the Army Base Hospital in Srinagar, 20 km from the site of the attack. Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for the attack.
He then released a video of the attackers Adil Ahmed Dar alias Adil Ahmed Gadi Takaranwala alias Waqas Commando, a resident of Kakapora, who had been associated with the group a year earlier.