<span style="color: #222222;">Three terrorists were killed in a counter-terrorism operation in Tral subdivision of south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Police have identified the slain local terrorists as a combined group of Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Muhammad outfits. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Earlier on Thursday morning, a gunfight broke out after Army, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search operation following a tip-off about the presence of a group of terrorists in a hideout in the area.</span><br />''