Movement of traffic on the busy highway was suspended for some time, officials said, adding that a massive search operation is underway to sanitise the area and track down the terrorists who planted the explosive device.
Pakistan had resorted to violation of ceasefire in KG sector of Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir in which one Army jawan has been martyred. In October this year, two soldiers and one civilian was killed as Pakistan had violated ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir's Tangdhar.
Pakistani Rangers on Tuesday targeted forward posts along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir with small arms firing, a defence official said. The Indian Army effectively retaliated.
Indian army jawans on duty celebrated Diwali, away from their family in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch.
An Army helicopter made a forced landing in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on Thursday. The aircraft was carrying Army Commander Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh and seven others.
Two missile shells that was fired by Pakistani troops have been defused by Army engineers in a forward area along the LoC in Poonch district.
With the safe defusal of the mortar shells by Army engineers, a tragedy has been averted in Karmara village of Poonch district, they said.
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