<p align="justify" class="title">Two encounters broke out this morning between security forces and militants in Kulgam and Pulwama districts of south Kashmir, police said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Nowbug Kund village in Qazigund area of Kulgam this morning after receiving specific information about the presence of militants in the area, a police spokesman said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">As the forces were conducting the searches, the militants fired upon them, triggering an encounter, he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The firing was going on when last reports came in, the spokesman said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He said another encounter broke out in Laam village of Tral in Awantipora area of Pulwama after the militants fired upon a search party of security forces.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Gunfight was going on, the spokesman said, adding, further details are awaited.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">Two encounters broke out this morning between security forces and militants in Kulgam and Pulwama districts of south Kashmir, police said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Nowbug Kund village in Qazigund area of Kulgam this morning after receiving specific information about the presence of militants in the area, a police spokesman said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">As the forces were conducting the searches, the militants fired upon them, triggering an encounter, he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The firing was going on when last reports came in, the spokesman said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He said another encounter broke out in Laam village of Tral in Awantipora area of Pulwama after the militants fired upon a search party of security forces.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Gunfight was going on, the spokesman said, adding, further details are awaited.</p>