In 2015, 113 militants were killed in security forces actions. The first major attack of 2016 was on February 21, when three militants stormed Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) at Pampore after attacking a CRPF convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, killing two CRPF men.
The gun-fight lasted 48 hours and security forces killed all three militants but two army captains, one para commando, two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and a civilian were also killed.
The EDI campus was the scene of another major attack later in the year when two militants stormed it on October 10 and engaged the security forces for 56 hours before they were killed. One army jawan was injured in the gun-battle.
Pampore turned into a battle-ground once again on June 25 when militants ambushed CRPF convoy at Frestbal area on the National Highway. The militants fired indiscriminately at the CRPF bus killing eight paramilitary troopers and injuring 20 others. Two militants were also killed in the exchange of fire.
