About 30 militants are active in South Kashmir districts of Anantnag and Kulgam and efforts are being made to pursue them to return to main stream, a senior Army officer said.
It was a big success for the security forces to kill four militants in a single operation, he said.
Talking to reporters after the Kulgam encounter in which two each militants of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Laskher-e-Toiba (LeT), besides two Army personnel and a civilian were killed and three soldiers were injured, the Army officer of 1st Rashtriya Rifles (RR) said there are about 30 militants active in two districts of South Kashmir.