location: Dobjan
notes: A Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed and a soldier injured in an encounter which broke out between the two forces at Dobjan village in Shopian district. The battle occurred after military forces surrounded a house they believed in be holding the militants. The men inside tried to escape from the cordon by opening indiscriminate fire, which was returned.
target_text: location: Dobjan, fatalities: 1