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...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
's Rajouri district, officials said today.
The encounter began late in the evening on Monday when a search team of security forces established contact with murderous Moslems during an anti-terror operation. The operation was initiated on Monday morning in response to reports of suspicious movements in the area.
Broh and Soom villages are situated in the hinterland of Rajouri district and fall under the jurisdiction of the Kalakote cop shoppe.
Officials have reported that joint teams comprising the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir police, and CRPF had cordoned off the area on Monday morning, conducting extensive searches due to suspicions of terrorist presence. The search operation persisted throughout the day, with sporadic instances of "speculative firing".
In the late hours of Monday evening, murderous Moslems reportedly opened fire on the search teams from within the forest, provoking a retaliatory response that led to an exchange of gunfire.
The intense shootout continued into the intervening night between Monday and Tuesday, resulting in injuries to two army personnel. Both injured soldiers have been evacuated to the army hospital in Rajouri, with their conditions reported as stable.
As of the latest reports, the encounter in the area remains ongoing.