Army colonel killed in a gunbattle with militants in Kashmir
There are concerns that militant groups based in Pakistan will turn their attention to Kashmir as foreign forces complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan.
By PTI | Updated:
SRINAGAR: An army colonel was among four people killed in a gunbattle with militants in Kashmir on Tuesday, police said, the highest ranking military officer to die in fighting in the Valley in more than a year.
The colonel was leading an operation against militants in a village in south Kashmir's Pulwama district when he came under fire.
A policemen and two militants were also killed in the encounter, police superintendent Tahir Saleem said.
The officer killed on Tuesday was the previous day awarded a gallantry medal for his service in Kashmir.
There are concerns that militant groups based in Pakistan will turn their attention to Kashmir as foreign forces complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan.
This month alone, 10 militants have been killed in encounters.
The colonel was leading an operation against militants in a village in south Kashmir's Pulwama district when he came under fire.
A policemen and two militants were also killed in the encounter, police superintendent Tahir Saleem said.
The officer killed on Tuesday was the previous day awarded a gallantry medal for his service in Kashmir.
There are concerns that militant groups based in Pakistan will turn their attention to Kashmir as foreign forces complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan.
This month alone, 10 militants have been killed in encounters.
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In a major breakthrough, security forces recently gunned down five hardcore militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in a fierce gun-battle in Shopian district of south Kashmir.
Heavy exchange of gunfire. Men taking position to neutralise the enemy. This is not a sequence from an action movie or an animated video. These are screengrabs from ground zero of the anti-terrorism drive of security forces, exclusively accessed by Times Now.
In pic: Screengrab of video accessed by Times Now
In a major breakthrough, security forces recently gunned down five hardcore militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in a fierce gun-battle in Shopian district of south Kashmir.
Heavy exchange of gunfire. Men taking position to neutralise the enemy. This is not a sequence from an action movie or an animated video. These are screengrabs from ground zero of the anti-terrorism drive of security forces, exclusively accessed by Times Now.
In pic: Screengrab of video accessed by Times Now
