{"id":89677,"date":"2025-08-02T23:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T17:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=89677"},"modified":"2025-08-02T23:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T17:30:20","slug":"operation-akhal-2-terrorists-killed-in-kulgam-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/02\/operation-akhal-2-terrorists-killed-in-kulgam-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Akhal\u2019: 2 terrorists killed in Kulgam encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Operation halted for night due to low visibility; DGP visits encounter site; 2 more terrorists believed to be trapped<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kulgam, Aug 02 (KNO): Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Akhal forest belt of Devsar area in South Kashmir\u2019s Kulgam district on Saturday. The operation was temporarily halted due to low visibility and will resume with the first light on Sunday, officials told the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO).<\/p>\n

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A senior police officer told KNO that on a tip-off about the presence of terrorists in the forest area, a joint team of the Army, CRPF, and Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a cordon and search operation on Friday evening. \u201cThe terrorists present in the area opened fire which was retaliated to, triggering an encounter,\u201d he said, \u201c In the gunfight two terrorists have been neutralised and the operation is on.”<\/p>\n

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Sources said that both slain terrorists are reportedly locals who had joined terrorist ranks two years ago. They were categorized as \u2018C\u2019 category terrorists.<\/p>\n

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Sources said that two more terrorists are believed to be trapped in the area. \u201cA clearer picture regarding their identity and status of the operation will emerge by Sunday,\u201d the sources said.<\/p>\n

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A soldier sustained injuries during the exchange of fire and has been shifted to a medical facility where his condition is said to be stable.<\/p>\n

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Army\u2019s Chinar Corps posted on X: \u201cIntermittent and intense firefight continued through the day. Alert troops responded with calibrated fire and tightened the noose while maintaining contact. Two terrorists have been neutralised so far. Operation Akhal continues.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Officials said that the thick forest cover and rugged terrain have posed challenges, but the area remains under tight security surveillance. Additional reinforcements have been deployed to seal all possible escape routes.<\/p>\n

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Drone surveillance, night vision equipment, and thermal imaging devices are being used to track movements in the dense foliage.<\/p>\n

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The operation has been paused for the night due to poor visibility, in line with security protocols, and will resume at dawn.<\/p>\n

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J&K Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat visited the encounter site and reviewed the ongoing counter-terror operation.<\/p>\n

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Pertinently, \u2018Operation Akhal\u2019 is the third major anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir within the past week. On Wednesday, two terrorists were killed during \u201cOperation Shivshakti\u201d in Poonch district near the Line of Control following an infiltration attempt. Earlier, on July 28, three Pakistani terrorists were eliminated during \u201cOperation Mahadev\u201d in the Lidwas forest near Harwan on the outskirts of Srinagar. Those terrorists were linked to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Operation halted for night due to low visibility; DGP visits encounter site; 2 more terrorists believed to be trapped   Kulgam, Aug 02 (KNO): Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Akhal forest belt of Devsar area in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. The operation was temporarily halted due […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kashmir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89679,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89677\/revisions\/89679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}