Srinagar, Feb. 19 -- Major, 4 soldiers attain martyrdom, Brigadier, DIG injured in gunfight

Three Jaish terrorists, including a Pakistani commander of the group linked to the February 14 CRPF bombing, and an Army major and four soldiers killed in a 16-hour encounter in Pulwama district on Monday, officials said.

The gun battle took place in Pulwama's Pinglan area, about 12 km from the spot where a suicide bomber from the Jaish-e-Mohammed drove his explosives-laden vehicle into a CRPF bus last week, killing 40 jawans and critically wounding five.

At least nine security personnel, including a brigade commander and a Lieutenant Colonel and a Deputy Inspector General of the Jammu and Kashmir police, were injured in the gun battle in Pulwam...