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| India-Pakistan |
| 7 killed in Indian Kashmir clashes |
| 2014-08-25 |
| [ARABNEWS] India's Army clashed with suspected forces of Evil in Indian Kashmire near the disputed border with Pakistain, leaving two soldiers and four rebels dead, a military official said Sunday. Soldiers encountered the turbans, who are believed to have crossed the de facto border into Indian Kashmireas Keran sector, some 150 kilometers (93 miles) northwest of the main city of Srinagar on Saturday night, the official said. "In the resultant exchange of fire between army and terrorists, one soldier was injured who succumbed later (to his injuries)," defense front man Col. N.N. Joshi said. Another soldier and four suspected forces of Evil were killed early on Sunday in a separate counter-insurgency operation in a nearby forested area of Kalaroos, Joshi said. "Fighting is over in the area and identification of the four killed forces of Evil was not ascertained yet," Joshi told AFP, confirming the soldier died in the firing. The violence comes after India last week called off high-level talks with Pakistain, scheduled to take place in Islamabad, angry that Pak officials had met with Kashmiri separatist leaders in New Delhi. Pakistain described the cancelation of the talks between the foreign secretaries as a "setback" for closer relations with Indiaas new right-wing government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Indiaas military says it has stepped up operations to flush out suspected Pak forces of Evil moving across the heavily militarised de facto border known as the Line of Control (LoC). On Saturday, Indian and Pak forces exchanged fire along the border further south in the region of Jammu, resulting in four deaths and forcing villagers to flee their homes. Two non-combatants were killed on the Indian side of the international border when Pak forces opened fire, according to Indian officials. On the other side, two Pak non-combatants were killed by Indian fire, Pakistainas military said. Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley said Sunday there had been a series of recent "provocations" by Pakistainas Army and Indiaas military was "responding adequately." Jaitley told news hounds that security forces were "fully protecting both our territory and people." |
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