Jammu, Feb. 23 -- A top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was among three Pakistani terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir on Sunday, officials aware of the details said.

According to officials, the terrorists were hiding in a dhok (a mud hutment of nomadic Gujjars) on the slope of a hill in Passerkot area of Chatroo in Kishtwar. "A joint operation was launched by the Army, police and the CRPF in the Chatroo forest area of Kishtwar under Operation Trashi-I to eliminate the terrorists," a top defence official said on anonymity.

The operation involved commandos of the Army's 2 Para Special Forces, jawans from the 11 Rashtriya Rifles, members of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of...