Army Launches Major Op In J&K's Rajouri On Villagers' Claim Of Terrorists

The terrorists are believed to be part of the same group involved in the killing of the nine officers between October 11 and 14

The Army has launched a major combing operation in the Khablan forests of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district after villagers reported the presence of heavily armed terrorists in the area.

The Thanmandi-Rajouri road has been closed to traffic as a precaution.

Today's op is part of the ongoing anti-terror operation in the Poonch and Pirpanjal regions of J&K.

Nine soldiers, including two officers, have been killed in action over the past 27 days, in an operation that began in the Surankote forests on October 11 following the killing of five soldiers.