Parwinder SandhuNew Delhi, Feb. 23 -- In the treacherous forests of Chatroo in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, where every rustle can signal danger and every step can be a brush with death, it was a four-legged warrior who led from the front. Tyson, a fearless and highly trained German Shepherd of the Indian Army's elite 2 Para (Special Forces), became the unlikely hero of anti-terror operations carried out on Sunday.
As troops closed in on a terrorist hideout carved deep into the rugged terrain, it was Tyson who crawled ahead into the line of fire, flushing out three Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists. The moment the K9 entered the hideout, the terrorists opened fire. A bullet struck his leg. But Tyson did not retreat.
Wounded yet undete...