Indian troops kill four pro-independence fighters in Kashmir
Indian government troops have killed five pro-independence fighters and arrested another during a firefight close to the Line of Control (LoC), which divides the parts of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir administered by India and neighboring Pakistan.
Lieutenant General D.S. Hooda said the gunfight started on Wednesday in the Rafiabad region, situated about 75 kilometers (45 miles) northeast of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, and ended the following day.
He identified the arrested pro-independence fighter as a Pakistani citizen.
On August 23, three pro-independence fighters were killed and an Indian military trooper was wounded in a fierce gun battle in Kashmir region.
The firefight broke out at the Zachaldara forest area of the Handwara sector in the Kupwara district, situated about 85 kilometers (52 miles) northwest of Srinagar.
Pakistan and India have been engaged in hostility over Kashmir ever since their independence from the British rule and their partition in 1947. Both neighbors claim the region in full but have partial control over it. Pakistan controls one-third of Kashmir, with the remaining two-thirds under India’s control.
The neighbors agreed on a ceasefire in 2003, and launched a peace process the following year. Since then, there have been sporadic clashes, with both sides accusing the other of violating the ceasefire.
Thousands of people have been killed in the unrest in Kashmir over the past two decades.
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