In Jammu and Kashmir, the crucial meeting of Unified Headquarters yesterday discussed a host of security related issues including partial withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act, AFSPA from the State.The meeting which was presided over by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reviewed the overall security scenario of the state and discussed measures to be taken in the next few months to maintain the ongoing normal situation in the state.Top brass of all security agencies including five Army Commanders, heads of other security forces like BSF, CRPF and all Intelligence agencies attended the meeting and shared their view points on security matters and law and order situation in the State.This was the first meeting of the Unified Headquarters after shifting of the Civil Secretariat from the summer Capital Srinagar to the winter Capital Jammu.In the nearly three-hour long meeting, while the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the Armed Forces Special Powers Act has to be partially withdrawn from the state, the Army gave a presentation highlighting the importance of AFSPA in fighting militancy in the state and also suggested that even a partial withdrawal will be detrimental to the security apparatus.Although the Army has been contending that action against terrorists still take place in the Valley, the state government and the Union Home Ministry are of the firm opinion that there was no need for the Act within the areas which have not seen much of Army action.Out of the 22 districts, AFSPA is applicable in 20 districts ever since the outbreak of militancy in 1990.Leh and Kargil are the only two districts where the Act is not in force.