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| 10 militants, 3 Indian soldiers killed in Kashmire |
| 2007-10-07 |
| Indian troops killed at least 10 separatist militants who were trying to enter Indian-held Kashmir from Pakistan, the army said on Saturday. Three Indian soldiers were reported killed in battles that occurred as the countryÂ’s army chief visited the region. In the latest fighting there were three separate clashes as groups of militants tried to sneak into the Indian side through the Himalayan Mountain passes under the cover of darkness, said an army spokesman, Lt Col AK Mathur, reported AP. Nine militants and two senior army officers died in an intense firefight three days earlier. The clashes were the areaÂ’s heaviest in months, and Indian security officials believe militants have stepped up their attempts to increase their presence in Indian Kashmir before winter snows close the passes. In the first of the recent incidents, three militants and a soldier were killed in a clash late Friday in the Tangdhar region, Mathur said. Tangdhar is about 120 kilometres north of Srinagar. |
| Posted by:Fred |