Jammu, Nov. 6 -- A soldier was injured during an encounter between security forces and a group of Pakistani terrorists has started at Chatroo area of Kishtwar district on Wednesday morning, said officials. "Security forces and J&K Police had launched a joint operation based on specific intelligence inputs. During the operation, a contact was established with terrorists and a fierce exchange of fire ensued," said a senior police officer. "Three terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad are suspected to be hiding in Kalaban forest where an operation by army, SOG and CRPF is underway. In the initial gun fight, a soldier was injured. He was airlifted in a chopper to Command Hospital in Udhampur," he added. The injured soldier has been identified as Agniveer Kapil Kumar, 22, of Fatehpur in Uttar Pardesh. His condition is stated to be stable. Kishtwar district SSP Naresh Singh confirmed the development and said that the encounter started around 7.30am. The area has been cordoned off and the operation is still in progress. Kalaban forest in Chatroo area is around 45 kms from Kishtwar district headquarters. Army's White Knight Corps has also confirmed the development on X. "In an intelligence based operation, in concert with @jk_police, in early morning hours today, alert troops of #WhiteKnightCorps have established contact with terrorists in general area of Chhatru. Fire exchanged with terrorists. Operation is in progress," it read. Additional reinforcements have been rushed to the area. Meanwhile, security forces on Wednesday launched a search operation following suspicious movement in the border areas of Poonch district. The operation was launched by the Special Operations Group (SOG), army and the CRPF following reports of movement of suspected persons in the Balakote-Mendhar border areas, they said. The forces are on high alert and locals have been urged to share any information about suspicious movements in their areas. On Tuesday, troops recovered a suspicious drone in the Sakhi Maidan border area of Mendhar, they added. Security forces have been monitoring the movement of terrorists in the mountainous district, resulting in multiple encounters in the belt which borders Doda and Udhampur districts. Kishtwar has seen six encounters in the past seven months as forces continue their hunt for Pakistan-based terrorists hiding in the hills. On September 21, a group of terrorists was engaged in a gunfight in the Chhatru area. On September 13, two army men, one of them a junior commissioned officer, were killed and two more injured in an encounter with terrorists in the Naidgram area of Chhatru.Violent confrontations took place in Dul and Chhatru belts on August 11 and July 2, but the terrorists managed to escape. On May 22, a soldier and two terrorists were killed in an encounter in the Singapore area of the Chhatru belt. On April 12, three terrorists were killed in an encounter in the Kishtwar area, while the army foiled an infiltration bid by terrorists along the LoC in the Akhnoor sector....