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Gun-battle Continues In Kashmir For Fifth Day

The encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's has entered its fifth day, on September 17, 2023. Thousands of soldiers, including paracommandos, are still engaged in a never-ending shootout deep. In an effort to neutralize the terrorists, three officers--two from the Army and one from the police--were killed in the encounter during the battle that has now lasted more than 100 hours. The death toll in the Anantnag encounter has climbed to four after police found the body of one more missing soldier on Friday. The other slain senior Army officers and the DSP were identified as Colonel Manpreet Singh, Major Ashish Dhonak, and Humayun Bhat. The encounter broke out on Wednesday, September 13, and the ongoing gunfight between a combined team of security personnel from the Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police and terrorists in the Kokernag area of the Anantnag district. (Photo by Faisal Khan/NurPhoto)

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