Seven killed in Kashmir clashes

  • 12/15/2022
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Srinagar, July 23, SPA -- Fighting between Indian securityforces and suspected rebels left seven dead in India's portion of Kashmir Saturday, as soldiers raided a village and continued a gunbattle with infiltrators from Pakistan, officials said. The pre-dawn raid by soldiers on the village of Ajartriggered a gun battle in which one suspected insurgent andthree soldiers were killed, a local police officer said oncustomary condition of anonymity. Ajar is about 75 kilometers (46 miles) north of Srinagar,the summer capital of India's Jammu-Kashmir state. On the border, three suspected intruders from Pakistanwere killed on the 11th day of a running gun battle withIndian forces, The Associated Press reported. Fifteen of about 35 militants who sneaked into Indianterritory through a remote, snowbound mountain pass in theregion known as Kabuli Gali on July 13 have been killed,said army spokesman Lt. Col. V.K. Batra.--SPA1301 Local Time 1001 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/278570

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