Security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in Nehama village of Kulgam following information about the presence of terrorists in the area on Thursday, the officials said.
"The bodies of the slain terrorists have been retrieved and the area is being sanitised,” Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, V K Birdi told PTI after the 18-hour gunfight in Kulgam district ended.
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Half a dozen terrorists were eliminated by the joint team of security forces without suffering any collateral damage in two back to back operations in the South Kashmir district of Kulgam and Rajouri on Friday.
Braving the winter chill, the crack teams waited overnight for the first light to