The army and police continued the combing operation in forest area of Halmatpora in border district of Kupwara on Thursday while IGP Kashmir S P Pani termed the operation as “difficult” and said all the five militants killed in the encounter were foreigners and belonged to Lashkar-e-Toiba. An army official said a search operation was going on in the forest area. He said the police and army were conducting searches in the forest area to ensure that none of the militants was hiding in the area. The encounter broke out…