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Poonch encounter enters 5th day; 10 militants still holed up
Hindu Times
Monday, January 5, 2009

Jammu (PTI): At least 10 militants are believed to be holding out in concrete bunkers by reinforcing the existing natural caves, as their encounter with the security forces in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir entered the fifth day on Monday during when two jawans were injured.

An intense gunbattle continued with Army troops firing rockets and mortars targeting the militants' cave hideouts in Bhati Dhar forest area near the Line of Control(LoC) in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district, defence sources said.

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Exclusive: Terror cave network exposed
TIMES NOW (India)
1/23/2009

Top commanders of Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad have started using specially designed hideouts carved inside natural caves or rugged mountain terrain

In order to checkmate security agencies and operate hassle free, top commanders of Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad have started using specially designed hideouts.

These hideouts carved inside natural caves or rugged mountain terrain which gives real tough time to security agencies. TIMES NOW correspondent Pradeep Dutta and cameraperson Amit Bharadwaj trekked for 8 hours up snow clad mountains to expose these hideouts.

In the Banderwah heights in the Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir, amidst deep winter and snow covered paths TIMES NOW accompanied a security team in an attempt to bust a terrorist hideout.

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