| Indian troops on Wednesday claimed they had shot dead five gunnies who belonged to Jaish-i-Mohammed. "The army had laid an ambush for a group of militants on specific information this morning," a spokesman said by telephone from Kupwara, near the Line of Control. "As the militants entered the ambush range they were asked to surrender, but instead they opened fire." Five Jaish members, identified as Pakistan nationals, were killed in the ensuing encounter. |