The nephew of Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar was among the three militants killed by the security forces in a gunbattle in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday. Local news agency GNS said the killed militant was Jaish’s divisional commander Talha Rasheed and that the spokesperson of the terrorist group confirmed his identity to them. The spokesperson also said two other militants killed in the encounter were divisional commander Muhammad Bhai, a non-local, and Waseem, a resident of Drubgam Pulwama, GNS reported. Police, however, is yet to confirm the identity of the killed militants. In 2014, 28 civilians and 47 security personnel and 110 militants were killed in these incidents.

Source: Hindustan Times November 07, 2017 04:22 UTC