Two terrorists were killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday.
The encounter began after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in a forest area at Akhal in the south Kashmir district yesterday following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists there.
After an initial exchange of fire between the two sides on Friday evening, the operation was halted for the night, the officials said.
The cordon was strengthened, and additional reinforcements were rushed to the area.
Firing resumed on Saturday morning, during which two terrorists were killed, the officials said.
The identity and group affiliation of the slain terrorists are being ascertained, they added, noting that the operation is still underway.
This is the second encounter in Kashmir this week.
On July 28 security forces killed three Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who were behind the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, in an encounter in the Harwan-Dachigam forest area on the outskirts of Srinagar.