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| Indian army kills two militants in Kashmir |
| 2010-03-25 |
| [Dawn] Indian troops Wednesday shot dead two suspected militants as they tried to enter Indian-administered Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed state, the army said. The militants' attempt to enter the strife-torn region came a day after several banned groups under the umbrella of United Jihad Council vowed to wage a holy war to liberate the Himalayan region from Indian control. The militants were killed in the northern Keran sector, an army spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel J.S. Brar, told AFP. "We have foiled an infiltration bid along the LoC (Line of Control)," he said, referring to the de facto border that splits Kashmir between India and Pakistan. India accuses Pakistan of arming and funding Kashmiri militants, a charge Islamabad denies. Militants continue to sneak in despite a fence erected by the Indian army and a pledge by Islamabad that it would do its best to prevent militant infiltration into Indian-administered Kashmir. The 20-year-old insurgency in Indian-administered Kashmir has claimed more than 47,000 lives, though violence has declined since an India-Pakistan peace dialogue started in 2004. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 PAKISTANI DEFENC EFORUM > THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD. Among other, DAILY INTENSIVE TALIBAN-VS-TALIBAN MAHA-RUSHIAN "LE SERIUESE" FACTIONAL FIGHTING taking place. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-03-25 03:01 |