Overview

• Soldiers spotted suspicious movement near Naushehra Naar in Bandipora’s Gurez sector and engaged the group after issuing a challenge.
• The infiltrators opened indiscriminate fire, and troops returned effective fire that killed two, according to the Army’s Chinar Corps.
• Security forces launched area searches to ensure no additional infiltrators are present, with the operation described as ongoing.
• Officials quoted in reports said the slain men were linked to The Resistance Front, a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy, a claim not independently verified.
• The encounter follows a string of recent LoC interdictions in Uri and Poonch, including an August 13 clash in Uri in which a soldier was killed.