Fresh encounter breaks out in J&K’s Kishtwar

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A information    idiosyncratic   basal   defender  amidst the brushwood   betwixt  information    forces and terrorists, successful  Kishtwar connected  January 20, 2026.

A information idiosyncratic basal defender amidst the brushwood betwixt information forces and terrorists, successful Kishtwar connected January 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI

A caller brushwood broke retired betwixt information forces and holed up terrorists during the ongoing hunt cognition successful the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar territory connected Thursday (January 22, 2026), officials said.

The cognition was launched successful Sonnar colony adjacent Mandral-Singhpora successful Chatroo loop connected Sunday (January 18, 2026), starring to a gunfight that near one paratrooper dead and 7 different soldiers injured.

A caller interaction was established with the holed up terrorists successful the dense forests of Singhpora connected Thursday (January 22, 2026) morning, the officials said.

They said dense firing betwixt the 2 sides was going connected erstwhile past reports were received and efforts are connected to neutralise the terrorists operating successful the area.

A large violent hideout was unearthed adjacent the country of the brushwood connected Monday (January 19, 2026) and respective individuals were picked up for questioning, the officials said.

A radical of 2 to 3 terrorists allegedly affiliated with the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) are believed to beryllium trapped successful the encounter, officials said.

Published - January 22, 2026 12:04 p.m. IST

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