Junaid Ahmed Bhat, a senior commander of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was killed by security forces in a gunfight in the Dachigam hills near Srinagar. The encounter began on Monday night when the Jammu and Kashmir Police's Special Operations Group (SOG) and the Indian Army launched a cordon-and-search operation (CASO) in the Dachigam-Tral area. This was prompted by intelligence reports indicating the presence of a group of militants in the region. During the ongoing
Junaid Ahmed Bhat, a senior commander of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was killed by security forces in a gunfight in the Dachigam hills near Srinagar. The encounter began on Monday night when the Jammu and Kashmir Police's Special Operations Group (SOG) and the Indian Army launched a cordon-and-search operation (CASO) in the Dachigam-Tral area. This was prompted by intelligence reports indicating the presence of a group of militants in the region. During the ongoing