Srinagar, Aug. 29 -- Security forces on Thursday foiled an infiltration attempt in north Kashmir's Gurez sector and killed two infiltrators. The operation is still in progress as joint teams of the army and the police are combing the forest area looking for other infiltrators.

Gurez is one of the traditional routes of infiltration and despite heavy security deployment, there have been many infiltration attempts from across the LoC and many of those attempts have been averted by the army and the police in the past.

The army confirmed the killing of two infiltrators. The identities of infiltrators, however, haven't been released. "Based on intelligence provided by JKP regarding a likely infiltration attempt, a joint operation was launched...