Poonch encounter: Army's longest operation against terrorists since 2009
India Today
Nearly 11 years since the 2009 incident, another operation against terrorists entered its tenth day on Wednesday in Poonch district.
In 2009, Poonch was the theatre of a nine-day operation and encounter with terrorists — January 1-9. Four soldiers, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), lost their lives. Four terrorists were said to have been killed in the encounter. However, their bodies were not recovered from the encounter site. Search and combing operations were stopped after nine days.
Two-and-a-half months short of 11 years since then, another operation entered its tenth day on Wednesday in the same Poonch district. The operation began on October 11, when the encounter began at Dera Ki Gali area of Surankot tehsil in the Poonch district.
