SRINAGAR: A day after the deaths of an army colonel, a major, and a police officer, the firefight between security forces and militants entered its second consecutive day in the Gadool forest area of Kokernag hamlet in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Thursday.
SRINAGAR: Two more soldiers have sustained injuries in the ongoing encounter within the dense forests of Kokernag in Anantnag district, NDTV reported. The joint operation, conducted by the army and the police, was initiated late on Tuesday night in pursuit of militants.
The terrorist, who was killed in a gunfight with the security forces in the Binner area of North Kashmir s Baramulla district, has been identified as a local member of the proscribed outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), officials said on Sunday.