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Two top militant commanders killed

JAMMU: Four militants, including two top cadres of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizb-ul Mujahideen, were killed on Sunday in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.

On a tip-off, security forces trapped two LeT militants in the house of Bashir Ahmed in the Sonarthawar area, DIG Farooq Khan told PTI. In the shootout, Showkat Ahmed alias Abu Aqib, a district commander, and Lateef Ahmed alias Abu Zubair were killed.

In another operation in the Balana-Sigdibata area, Hizb militants — senior commander Babar and Abdul Qayoom alias Gazali — were killed— PTI

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