2 soldiers killed in J&K encounter, terrorist shot dead in another operation

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Two Army personnel and a militant were killed in separate encounters in Jammu and Kashmir, days ahead of the first phase of Assembly elections..

In Kishtwar district, two soldiers, including a Junior Commissioned Officer, were killed, and two others were injured in a gunfight with terrorists on Friday...

In a separate encounter in Baramulla, one militant was killed by security forces..

The gunfight in Kishtwar started when a joint Army and police team, acting on a tip-off, initiated a cordon-and-search operation in the Naidgham area, according to officials...

The encounter came just hours after a personnel from the Border Security Force (BSF) was injured after Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu's Akhnoor sector...

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