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Indian troops kill 3 militants along LoC
SRINAGAR: Indian troops shot dead three suspected Islamic militants along the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, the army said Friday.
âThe three were killed on Thursday evening when they refused to surrender and opened fire after infiltrating into our territory,â spokesman Colonel Vijay Kumar Batra told AFP.
He said the three, armed with assault rifles, entered the northern Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir from the Pakistani zone of the Himalayan region.
The alleged infiltration attempt came ahead of a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Kashmiri politicians on May 24 and 25 in Srinagar aimed at seeking peace in the insurgency-racked region.
The talks are strongly opposed by the rebels. There have been a string of grenade attacks and killings in the weeks leading up to the discussions.
Violence has continued in the region despite a peace process between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, which have fought two of their three wars over Muslim-majority Kashmir.
India accuses Pakistan of training Islamic guerrillas in its zone of Kashmir, which is divided between the two rivals and claimed in full by both. Islamabad denies the charge. AFP
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Indian troops kill 3 militants along LoC
SRINAGAR: Indian troops shot dead three suspected Islamic militants along the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, the army said Friday.
âThe three were killed on Thursday evening when they refused to surrender and opened fire after infiltrating into our territory,â spokesman Colonel Vijay Kumar Batra told AFP.
He said the three, armed with assault rifles, entered the northern Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir from the Pakistani zone of the Himalayan region.
The alleged infiltration attempt came ahead of a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Kashmiri politicians on May 24 and 25 in Srinagar aimed at seeking peace in the insurgency-racked region.
The talks are strongly opposed by the rebels. There have been a string of grenade attacks and killings in the weeks leading up to the discussions.
Violence has continued in the region despite a peace process between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, which have fought two of their three wars over Muslim-majority Kashmir.
India accuses Pakistan of training Islamic guerrillas in its zone of Kashmir, which is divided between the two rivals and claimed in full by both. Islamabad denies the charge. AFP
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