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07-13-2005, 04:19 AM
Indian troops engage rebels in major gunbattle in Kashmir
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SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - Indian troops were in an intense gunbattle with a "large group" of Islamic militants near the de facto Kashmir border, the army said, adding two militants were killed in a separate clash.
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"The two sides are engaged in a fierce gunbattle in the glacial heights of Gurez in (northern) Baramulla district," army spokesman Vijay Batra told AFP on Wednesday.
He said the militants had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) -- the ceasefire line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan -- over the past two days.
"They were traced inside our territory late Tuesday and engaged in a gunbattle by alert soldiers," said Batra, adding there was heavy fighting in the area and adverse weather conditions were making things a "bit difficult."
Batra said reinforcements were being sent to the site of encounter.
He would not say how many rebels were engaged in the battle but Indian media reports quoting army sources put the number at around 35.
Army officials said the infiltration was the biggest attempt by militants to enter Indian Kashmir from the Pakistani zone since the two countries began a slow-moving peace process 19 months ago.
The neighbours, who have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir, have termed the peace process "irreversible."
Two rebels were meanwhile killed early Wednesday along the LoC as the entered Indian Kashmir in the Tangdar sector of northern Kupwara district, the spokesman said.
Kashmir is in the grip of a 15-year-old insurgency against Indian rule that has so far left thousands of people dead.
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47 minutes ago
SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - Indian troops were in an intense gunbattle with a "large group" of Islamic militants near the de facto Kashmir border, the army said, adding two militants were killed in a separate clash.
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"The two sides are engaged in a fierce gunbattle in the glacial heights of Gurez in (northern) Baramulla district," army spokesman Vijay Batra told AFP on Wednesday.
He said the militants had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) -- the ceasefire line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan -- over the past two days.
"They were traced inside our territory late Tuesday and engaged in a gunbattle by alert soldiers," said Batra, adding there was heavy fighting in the area and adverse weather conditions were making things a "bit difficult."
Batra said reinforcements were being sent to the site of encounter.
He would not say how many rebels were engaged in the battle but Indian media reports quoting army sources put the number at around 35.
Army officials said the infiltration was the biggest attempt by militants to enter Indian Kashmir from the Pakistani zone since the two countries began a slow-moving peace process 19 months ago.
The neighbours, who have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir, have termed the peace process "irreversible."
Two rebels were meanwhile killed early Wednesday along the LoC as the entered Indian Kashmir in the Tangdar sector of northern Kupwara district, the spokesman said.
Kashmir is in the grip of a 15-year-old insurgency against Indian rule that has so far left thousands of people dead.
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