| Submit your comments on this article |
| India-Pakistan |
| Indian army logs more militant infiltration from Pakistan |
| 2007-06-04 |
| SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - The Indian army said it had registered an increase in militant activity along the heavily-militarised Line of Control, despite a pledge by Pakistan to block cross-border insurgents. The comments came after Indian troops on Monday killed four "suspected" Islamic "militants" along the de facto border with Pakistan, in what police said was the sixth infiltration attempt in less than 10 days. "There has been no let-up in infiltration by militants into our side from across the Line of Control," army spokesman A.K. Mathur told AFP, asserting that militant training camps were still intact across the border in Pakistan. "The infiltration this time of the year is bit higher than last year," he said, after troops reported killing a group of four "heavily-armed" fighters in a fierce gunbattle on Monday. The army says militant attempts to cross the ceasefire line into Indian Kashmir increase in the summer as snow melts on mountain passes. The level of militant activity this season will be closely watched as a barometer for the state of the slow moving India-Pakistan peace process launched in 2004. Islamabad denies New Delhi's charges of arming and funding the militants, and has pledged to do its best to stop insurgents in Kashmir. The divided territory has sparked two of the three wars fought between the neighbours since their independence in 1947. The insurgency launched against Indian rule in 1989 has claimed more than 42,000 lives by official count. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #1 Have they tried poisoned gas? I'll bet that is the fastest way to scrub a mountain pass. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-06-04 23:26 |