J&K: Encounter breaks out in Kathua, 7-year-old girl injured

Security forces on Sunday launched a major offensive against a group of terrorists, who infiltrated from across the border, in the dense jungles of Kathua district in the Jammu region, officials here said.

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JAMMU: Security forces on Sunday launched a major offensive against a group of terrorists, who infiltrated from across the border, in the dense jungles of Kathua district in the Jammu region, officials here said.

They said that the operation was launched following an intelligence input regarding the presence of terrorists inside a 'dhok' — a local term for an enclosure — located within a nursery in Sanyal village, approximately five kilometres from the International Border with Pakistan.