Qayoom Najar longest surviving Hizb commander killed near LoC

A top militant commander of Hizbul-Mujahideen, chief of ‘Lashkar-e-Islam’ and a longest surviving militant in Kashmir Abdul Qayoom Najar was killed in a gunfight with the army soldiers near the Line of Control in Uri, Baramulla on Tuesday, officials said. Addressing a press conference here, general officer commanding of army’s 19 infantry division RP Kalita said: “Security agencies keep on receiving regular inputs about the infiltration of militants along the LoC in Uri. It was due to these inputs that troops foiled an infiltration bid at Maidan Nallah in Uri…

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