Five dead as India foils infiltration bid
SRINAGAR, India — Indian troops killed five Islamic militants, three of whom were trying to sneak into Indian Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed region, the army said Saturday.
"We have killed three militants and foiled their attempt to enter our side from across the Line of Control (LOC)," Indian army spokesman J.S. Brar said.
The heavily-militarised LOC divides Kashmir between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan which both claim the whole territory and have fought two wars over it.
The army said the militants were killed in the northern Gurez sector after they were sighted early Saturday along the LOC. Also, two militants were killed in separate overnight gunbattles with Indian troops in southern Kashmir, the army said.
Earlier this month, India's defence minister accused Pakistan of encouraging militants to cross into Indian Kashmir, saying Islamabad is "always trying to push the maximum number of people into Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir".
The minister, A.K. Antony, said there had been a recent rise in infiltrations and declared that the military was determined to stem it.
Pakistan denies Indian accusations of arming and funding the militants, who have been waging a rebellion in Indian Kashmir since 1989 that has left more than 47,000 people dead, according to an official tally. India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire along the Line of Control border in 2003 and started a peace process in 2004.
But the peace dialogue was stalled after last year's attacks on Mumbai that India and the United States blamed on Pakistan's banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The group has denied any involvement in the assault.
Following the attacks, Pakistan pledged it would not allow its soil to be used to attack India.
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SRINAGAR, India — Indian troops killed five Islamic militants, three of whom were trying to sneak into Indian Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed region, the army said Saturday.
"We have killed three militants and foiled their attempt to enter our side from across the Line of Control (LOC)," Indian army spokesman J.S. Brar said.
The heavily-militarised LOC divides Kashmir between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan which both claim the whole territory and have fought two wars over it.
The army said the militants were killed in the northern Gurez sector after they were sighted early Saturday along the LOC. Also, two militants were killed in separate overnight gunbattles with Indian troops in southern Kashmir, the army said.
Earlier this month, India's defence minister accused Pakistan of encouraging militants to cross into Indian Kashmir, saying Islamabad is "always trying to push the maximum number of people into Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir".
The minister, A.K. Antony, said there had been a recent rise in infiltrations and declared that the military was determined to stem it.
Pakistan denies Indian accusations of arming and funding the militants, who have been waging a rebellion in Indian Kashmir since 1989 that has left more than 47,000 people dead, according to an official tally. India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire along the Line of Control border in 2003 and started a peace process in 2004.
But the peace dialogue was stalled after last year's attacks on Mumbai that India and the United States blamed on Pakistan's banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The group has denied any involvement in the assault.
Following the attacks, Pakistan pledged it would not allow its soil to be used to attack India.
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