Five militants were slain in a clash with security personnel in Kulgam, J&K.

Security personnel conducted a cordon and search operation at Kadder in the district's Behibagh neighborhood prior to the start of the gunfight.

According to reports quoted by news agency PTI, five terrorists were slain in a clash with security forces in the Kulgam area of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.

According to the officials, two members of the security forces were hurt during the operation.

Security personnel cordoned off and searched Kadder in the district's Behibagh region on Wednesday night after receiving reports of suspected terrorists there, which sparked the start of the battle.

However, the security forces replied after the terrorists opened fire on them, turning the search operation into an encounter.

"On December 19, the Indian Army and Jammu Kashmir Police launched a joint operation in Kader, Kulgam, based on specific intelligence input regarding the presence of terrorists." Vigilant forces saw suspicious activity, and when confronted, terrorists opened fire in a heavy and indiscriminate manner. In a dispatch on X, the Chinar Corps of the Indian Army stated, "Our own troops successfully retaliated."

Earlier this month, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist who was allegedly involved in a fatal October tunnel construction attack in Gagangeer, central Kashmir, was shot and killed by security forces in a Srinagar forest.

Shortly after the workers returned to the encampment in the evening, terrorists opened fire indiscriminately at Gagangeer in the Gund area, killing seven unarmed laborers and staffers of a contractor working on a tunnel for the vital Srinagar-Leh national highway.

Since the June 9 incident in Reasi, when nine pilgrims were killed after the bus they were in slid down a valley after being shot at by terrorists, the attack was the deadliest to hit civilians in Jammu and Kashmir.

In collaboration with security forces, Baramulla Police destroyed a terrorist hideaway in the Baramulla district's Kunzer neighborhood on November 23.

On November 9, the Army began a coordinated operation based on specific intelligence about the presence of terrorists.