Boniyar (Uri), May 9 -- The Border Security Forces (BSF), which is guarding dozens of forward posts on the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir, has fortified its defenses to meet any exigency in case hostilities escalate further between India and Pakistan, officials privy to the details said.

The development comes as tensions continue to rise in the aftermath of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives and subsequent Operation Sindoor, precision strike at terror launch pads in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) by India.

The BSF has set up additional checkpoints along the Srinagar-Uri national highway from Baramulla to Uri and Kupwara. In Kashmir, BSF is now looking after several forward posts even as the a...