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21 militants killed in J&K

By Our Special Correspondent

JAMMU APRIL 28. Security forces gunned down 21 militants, including nine foreign mercenaries, in encounters in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir today.

On a tip-off that heavily armed militants had infiltrated into the State from across the border, troops cordonned off the entire Dara-Glotra Dar area in Poonch district and in the operation that followed six militants of Tehreek-ul- Mujahideen were killed and explosives seized.

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