SRINAGAR, India - A total of 28 people were wounded in two separate attacks in Kashmir on Tuesday as India and Pakistan resumed peace talks. Militants blew up a car bomb outside the heavily-fortified Karan Nagar military base in KashmirÂ’s summer capital Srinagar, injuring sentries and pedestrians, witnesses and police said.And a roadside bomb critically injured four soldiers and five civilians in northern Kashmir.
Islamic rebel group the Hizbul Mujahedin, which wants Indian Kashmir to join Pakistan, claimed responsibility for both attacks in calls to local news agencies. Hizbul and other militant groups routinely call local news agencies to make claims on attacks that cannot be independently verified.