SRINAGAR: Four Indian soldiers and four gunmen were killed in a gunbattle near the Line of Control on Wednesday, a senior police official said.
The gunmen attacked security forces carrying out a search operation in forests around Kupwara, 95 km north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir, said Shamsher Hussain, senior superintendent of police in Kupwara.
The gunbattle was continuing, he added. “Indian troops killed four armed men. We also lost two army men and two police officials in the gunbattle,” he said.
India accuses Pakistan of training and arming militants and helping them infiltrate across the Line of Control. Pakistan denies those allegations.
The South Asian neighbours have fought two of their three wars since independence in 1947 over Muslim-majority Kashmir.
Published in Daily Times, March 22nd 2018.
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