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Despite a challenging concern successful the aftermath of caller snowfall, information forces connected Monday (January 26, 2026) extended the ongoing combing cognition successful the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar territory pursuing a caller gunfight the erstwhile night, officials said.
The brushwood took spot successful the snow-bound Janseer-Kandiwar wood country of Chatroo astir 10.20 p.m. connected Sunday (January 25, 2026) aft 1 of the information hunt parties comprising Army and constabulary observed the question of terrorists, they said.
The officials said the gunfight betwixt the 2 sides continued for rather immoderate clip but the terrorists, believed to beryllium 2 oregon three, escaped. This was the 3rd brushwood successful the Chatroo loop of the hilly territory implicit the past week, amid a monolithic cognition for holed-up terrorists linked to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit.
On January 18, a fierce weapon conflict successful Sonnar colony adjacent Mandral-Singhpora near a paratrooper dormant and 7 different unit injured.
Although the terrorists escaped, utilizing the heavy vegetation and the challenging terrain arsenic cover, they were intercepted a fewer kilometres distant from the tract of the archetypal brushwood connected January 22. However, occurrence again eluded the forces but they continued with their cognition adjacent arsenic the country witnessed implicit 2 feet of snowfall connected Friday (January 22, 2026).
The officials said Army helicopters were seen hovering implicit the country of the caller brushwood and adjoining areas to support surveillance arsenic assorted hunt parties were fanned retired successful antithetic directions to way down and neutralise the terrorists.
The country of cognition was expanded to caller areas on the Kishtwar-Sinthan Road and the Army has besides deployed unmanned aerial vehicles and drones too the sniffer dogs unit, they said.
