 Troops in revolt-racked Indian Kashmir have killed two suspected rebels, seized a huge cache of explosives and defused two landmines, security officials said Thursday. Soldiers recovered 348 kilograms (766 pounds) of white plastic RDX explosive from a militant hideout in the southern district of Anantnag, the army said. "The raid on the hideout was conducted this morning on a tip-off," an army spokesman said. It was the second big explosives haul in Anantnag within a week after the army seized 300 kilograms of RDX from a shop. Anantnag was the first district from which India withdrew some of its soldiers this month. In Pulwama district, troops shot dead two militants from the region's dominant group Hizbul Mujahedin, a police spokesman said in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Troops also defused two landmines planted to target army patrols in southern Khudwani village and northern Bandipora town, the spokesman said. |