Date:11/09/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/09/11/stories/2006091112000100.htm

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Three Pakistanis killed in Kashmir

Srinagar: F ive militants, including three Pakistanis, besides a security personnel and two civilians were killed, while troops rescued two persons taken hostage in Jammu and Kashmir.

A police spokesman said on Sunday that two Pakistani militants of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed in a joint operation in Mendhar area of Poonch district on Saturday by the security forces and the police.

Two security personnel also sustained injuries in the gun battle. One of the militants was identified as Saif-ur-Rehman.

The spokesman said two AK rifles, six magazines, one pistol, 36 rounds, one wireless set and a satellite phone were seized from the encounter site.

Security forces killed a militant, Abu Khalid from Charkote in Pakistan, in an encounter at Manthori sector in Doda district on Saturday evening. — UNI