Two Lashkar-e-Taeba militants were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Rajouri district on Friday.
Acting on a tip off about the movement of militants in Kanthole Gundi-Darrutelna in Kalakote, 130 kms from Jammu, police assisted by Rashtriya Rifle and CRPF personnel launched a cordon operation.
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An encounter soon broke out around 0830 hrs in which two militants have been killed, police said.
Both of them are Pakistanis and believed to be a part of the group that infiltrated from across the border in Akhnoor on March 23.
With today's killing, 14 militants have been killed in the past one week in Rajouri district.All the slain militants belong to LeT.
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