(Eds: Updating with toll)Srinagar, Nov 14 (PTI) An Army jawan and a militant weretoday killed in an encounter in Kulgam district of Jammu andKashmir even as security forces were engaged in a counterinsurgency operation in Pulwama district.
One soldier was critically injured in the gunbattle withmilitants at Nowbug Kund in Kulgam district, Army sourcessaid.
They said the injured soldier later succumbed toinjuries.
A militant was also killed in the operation, the sourcessaid.
A police spokesman said security forces had launched acordon and search operation in Nowbug Kund village thismorning after receiving specific information about thepresence of militants in the area.
As the forces were conducting the searches, the militantsfired upon them, triggering an encounter, he said.
The operation was going on when last reports came in.
Another encounter broke out in Laam village of Tral areain Pulwama after the militants fired upon a search party ofsecurity forces.
A senior police official said a militant hideout has beenunearthed while the search operations in the area were stillin progress. PTI MIJ DV.
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