RAJOURI, Oct 2: In a clash with two to three militants tonight at the Broh forests in the Kalakote tehsil of this border district, three Army soldiers were hurt. While search operations were being conducted in Broh by the Army, police, and paramilitary forces this afternoon, a contact with the militants was made tonight, resulting in a significant exchange of gunfire. In the firing, three Army men were hurt and were taken to the hospital.Tonight, extra troops were dispatched to the area to make sure the extremists don’t manage to flee. The militants looked to be a part of two to three distinct organisations that operate in Rajouri and Poonch, the two bordering districts. The government declared that the Broh woodland region had been roped off and well guarded.According to the information, the militants are foreigners who are armed with high-tech weapons and explosive devices. An inquiry into how the militants got to the Broh woodlands in the Kalakote tehsil will take place after the incident. Prior to this, security authorities killed two foreign jihadists in Narla in Rajouri’s rural Taryath neighbourhood. There is no LoC nearby Kalakote or Taryath.The number of confrontations in the Rajouri, Poonch, and Reasi districts has increased this year, both along the Line of Control and in the hinterland. In the three areas, more than 30 insurgents have been slain. The forces in Rajouri and Poonch districts have also prevented a number of infiltration attempts on the LoC. Seven members of minorities were murdered by two foreign extremists at the start of the year in the Rajouri district’s Dhangri area. On April 20, five troops were killed in an attack on an Army vehicle in Bhatta Durrian in the Mendhar neighbourhood of Poonch district. On May 5, a few days later, five more jawans gave their lives in a shootout with terrorists in the Kandi woods of Rajouri. However, a number of foreign terrorists were killed in a series of encounters that occurred at Surankote, Darhal, Narla, Dhakikote, etc. in Rajouri, Poonch, and Reasi districts after these killings. Additionally, the Rajouri and Poonch districts on the Line of Control saw the Army kill several militants who were attempting to cross from Pakistan into Indian territory. In order to flush out the evading militants, more troops have already been deployed along the LoC in the two districts in addition to sensitive areas in the hinterland.
