New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- Two militants linked to the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were killed during a clash with security personnel in a secluded portion of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Sunday.

The Indian Army said the fatalities occurred during 'Operation Trashi-I' within the Passerkut sector of the Chatroo region, where troops seized a cache of weaponry, including two AK-47 rifles.

"Pursuant to credible intelligence inputs collated from J&K Police, IB (Intelligence Bureau) and own intelligence sources, a deliberate joint operation was launched in the Kishtwar region under operation Trashi-I to track and neutralise terrorists operating in the area," the Indian Army's White Knight Corps said in a socia...