<p class="title">Three unidentified militants and a soldier were killed while two jawans were injured in two separate encounters in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam and Pulwama districts on Tuesday, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Redwani area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir around midnight, a police official said here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The operation was launched after receiving information about the presence of militants in the area, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The officer said as the searches were going on, militants fired on the forces, who retaliated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two militants were killed in the ensuing gunfight and three soldiers were injured, he said, adding that one of the injured soldiers later succumbed at a hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official said arms, ammunition and other incriminating materials were seized from the encounter site.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In another operation at Hafoo area of Tral in Pulwama district, an unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The identity and the group affiliation of the slain militants are being ascertained, the official said. </p>
<p class="title">Three unidentified militants and a soldier were killed while two jawans were injured in two separate encounters in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam and Pulwama districts on Tuesday, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Redwani area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir around midnight, a police official said here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The operation was launched after receiving information about the presence of militants in the area, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The officer said as the searches were going on, militants fired on the forces, who retaliated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two militants were killed in the ensuing gunfight and three soldiers were injured, he said, adding that one of the injured soldiers later succumbed at a hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official said arms, ammunition and other incriminating materials were seized from the encounter site.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In another operation at Hafoo area of Tral in Pulwama district, an unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The identity and the group affiliation of the slain militants are being ascertained, the official said. </p>