Three militants were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, a defence spokesman said.
The army on Sunday evening launched a combing operation in Afroda forest in Handwara, 80 kms from here, Lt. Col. J.S. Brar, said.
During the operation, militants fired at security forces who retaliated triggering a gunbattle in which three militants were killed on Monday morning, Brar said.