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3 suspected militants, Indian commando killed during gun fights in held Kashmir
[DAWN] At least three suspected hard boyz and an army commando were killed on Tuesday in two separate festivities in the India-held Kashmire following a surge in fighting between government forces and separatists, police said.Fighting erupted in the northwestern area of Handwara after Indian troops launched a counter-insurgency operation and killed three hard boyz there, said Muneer Ahmed Khan, a police brass hat. In another operation in the neighbouring Kupwara area, a special forces soldier was killed in a continuing gunbattle, police said. Khan said the government forces were battling a few hard boyz trapped in the area. There was no independent confirmation of the two festivities, the latest in a string of deadly shootouts between Indian forces and hard boyz in the restive Kashmire. At least eight separatists, an Indian air force commando and a policeman have been killed in the last two days. Moreover, at least 190 rebels and 70 government soldiers have been killed in fighting this year. Posted by: Fred 2017-11-22 |
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