Indian soldiers killed six suspected militants near the border with Pakistan in the Indian-held Kashmir on Wednesday, in the biggest single-day shootouts in months at the heavily militarised border.
The encounter took place in Kupwara in northern Kashmir late on Tuesday, hours after voters turned out for a state election that separatists and militants are in opposition of.
One soldier was killed and four wounded in the gunbattle that lasted several hours, an army officer said.
India has been worried this year that Pakistan-based militant groups fighting foreign forces in Afghanistan will turn their attention to Kashmir once the pullout is completed there.
Last week militants wearing army uniforms attacked an Indian army base near the border with Pakistan, leaving 10 people dead in the worst militant violence inside the disputed state in more than a year.
Tuesday’s bid to breach the fenced border took place even after heavy snow blocked routes in the mountains, the army officer said. “They have used sophisticated equipment to infiltrate through the snow,” he said.
MILITANTS CROSSING INTO INDIAN KASMIR – CROSSING FROM WHERE TO WHERE – TERRORISTS !!!! BE TRUTHFUL -SACH HAQ – THEN A SOLUTION MAY BE POSSIBLE ..BUT NEVER NEVER AS LONG AS SUNNIES GOONDAAGARDEES CONTNUE AGAINST SHIAS CHRISTIANS HINDUS SIKHS BUDHS ETC .. SUNNIES ARE REAL KAAFIRS ..1500YRS
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