The fresh gunfight comes in the backdrop of a string of terror attacks and encounters in Jammu and Kashmir after its first elected government since the revocation of Article 370 in 2019 was sworn in on October 16
Forces were conducting a massive cordon-and-search operation in Kishtwar and using drones, sniffer dogs and helicopters to track the terrorists behind the killings
There has been a spike in terrorist activity in Jammu and Kashmir. A terrorist was killed in an encounter in Kupwara district, officials said on Thursday.