A file photo of a house that was blasted and destroyed during an encounter with militants in Kashmir in 2023. K T Photo/Qazi Irshad
Local residents gather outside a damaged house after a encounter between Lashkar-e-Toiba militants and a joint team of J&K Police and Security Forces in Kulgam, South Kashmir on Friday, November 17, 2023. KT Photo/Sajad Ahmad
Local residents gather outside a damaged house after a encounter between Lashkar-e-Toiba militants and a joint team of J&K Police and Security Forces in village Samno, DH Pora near Kulgam, South Kashmir on Friday, November 17, 2023. KT Photo/Sajad Ahmad
Local residents of village Samno, DH Pora, Kulgam, gather outside a damaged house after a encounter between Lashkar-e-Toiba militants and a joint team of J&K Police and Security Forces in South Kashmir on Friday, November 17, 2023. KT Photo/Sajad Ahmad
Local residents of village Samno, DH Pora, Kulgam, gather outside a house that was damaged in an encounter between Lashkar-e-Toiba militants and a joint team of J&K Police and Security Forces in South Kashmir on Friday, November 17, 2023. KT Photo/Sajad Ahmad