October 09, 2009 09:42 am | Updated November 17, 2021 06:49 am IST - Srinagar
Armymen carry a colleague injured during a gunbattle against militants at Ladhoo, 25 km south of Srinagar on Tuesday. Photo: AP
A self-styled battalion commander of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit was on Friday killed in an operation jointly carried out by army and police at Goos on the border of Pulwama-Budgam district.
The slain militant was identified as Abu Maya, a Pakistani national, army said, adding that he was the battalion commander and an IED expert.
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