Kashmiri youth play cricket in snow-covered Gurez valley.
The encounter took place at village Malikpora in Vilgam area of Handwara, 85 km from Srinagar, when Army and police launched a joint search operation following information about presence of terrorists there, a senior police officer said.
Two Pakistani militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM) outfit were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, a police spokesman said.
The policemen were patrolling the area in view of a separatist-sponsored strike.