SRINAGAR - Indian soldiers killed 12 snuffies rebels Thursday as they tried to slip into Indian Kashmir from Pakistan, an army spokesman said, in the biggest clash since India and Pakistan announced moves to improve ties last month. The action took place near Tutmar Gali, in north Kashmir on the Line of Control.
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Separately, soldiers and policemen shot dead five other militants in gunbattles across the region in the past 24 hours, police said. Police said a large quantity of arms and ammunition, including 43 bombs, was recovered from a militant hide-out near the Pakistan border southwest of Srinagar.
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A teacher was killed and another wounded in a grenade attack in south Kashmir, they said. |