3 Indian soldiers, 1 militant killed in Kashmir border clash
Three Indian soldiers and a militant have been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir following a gun battle as a group of armed militants attempted to enter the area across the de facto border with Pakistan.
The exchange of gunfire on Monday took place when Indian troops spotted the militants trying to cross the Line of Control in the Tangdhar sector of the Kupwara district.
The infiltration attempt was thwarted following the clash, and the militants retreated the border area into the Pakistani side, said an Indian army spokesman as cited in a report by The Indian Express Daily.
According to the report, a junior army officer was also wounded during the encounter.
India accuses Pakistan of sheltering militants and facilitating their intrusion into the Indian side of the disputed Himalayan region, but Pakistani authorities deny the allegations.
Pro-independence fighters have been battling government troops in the Indian-controlled Kashmir since 1989.
Kashmir lies at the heart of almost 67 years of hostility between India and Pakistan. Both neighbors claim the region in full, but have partial control over it. Thousands of people have been killed in Kashmir over the past 25 years.
Islamabad and New Delhi have fought three wars, two of which over Kashmir, since their independence from the British colonial rule in 1947.
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