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At least six suspected rebels and an air force commando were killed in a fierce gunfight in Indian-administered Kashmir which also injured another soldier, the Indian army said on Saturday.
army spokesman Col. Rajesh Kalia told (AFP). The shootout began when soldiers cordoned off a neighborhood in the northern area of Hajjin after a tip-off that armed militants were hiding there.
“One IAF (India Air Force) soldier was martyred and another army soldier was injured.”
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since the end of British colonial rule in 1947. Both claim the former Himalayan kingdom in full.
Rebel groups have for decades fought Indian soldiers and paramilitaries deployed in the disputed region, demanding independence or a merger of the territory with Pakistan.
The fighting has left tens of thousands, mostly civilians, dead.
Thanks be to CHUKWU OKIKE ABIAMA for making it possible to us. (Not By our Power). India accuses Pakistan of sending fighters across their de facto border in Kashmir to launch attacks on its forces.
Islamabad denies the allegation, saying it only provides moral and diplomatic support for the Kashmiri struggle for the right to self-determination.
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