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2 dead in gunfight between militants and security forces in Kupwara

Two militants were killed in an ongoing gunfight between militants and security forces in the forests of Kupwara district on Thursday morning. Acting on specific information about the presence of militants in Putshai area of Lolab in the district, security forces cordoned off the area and began a search operation on Thursday, an army official […]

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Jammu and Kashmir: Two militants killed in encounter at Kupwara

Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday. “Two terrorists have been gunned down so far by the army in an ongoing operation at Petha Wadar of Handwara area in the district,” an army official said. Acting on specific information about the presence of militants

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Security forces gun down five militants in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency

At least five militants were killed in clashes with security forces in Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of Khyber Agency on Thursday, an army statement said. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the mouthpiece of the Pakistani army, said in the statement that the militants attacked a check-post of the security forces in Daroodrab area of Khyber Agency,

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J-K: Udhampur attack mastermind Abu Qasim killed in encounter

Top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Qasim, accused of masterminding the Udhampur attack, was killed in an encounter with security forces on Thursday in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the army, Qasim was killed in the early hours of the morning after security forces launched an operation in Khandipora village of Kulgam following information

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Indigenous protesters chase off police in Ecuador town

Indigenous protesters wielding spears in southeastern Ecuador have sent police and soldiers fleeing in a clash that Interior Minister Jose Serrano says injured eight security force members. The estimated 200 Shuar and Achuar peoples who chased off police and soldiers in the Amazon town of Macas on Wednesday are upset with President Rafael Correa’s refusal

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