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Indian soldiers kill two fighters in held Kashmir

By AFP
February 01, 2025
Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol at a busy market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir on August 1, 2023.  — AFP
Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol at a busy market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir on August 1, 2023. — AFP

HELD SRINAGAR: Indian soldiers killed two fighters in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK) as they attempted to cross into the Indian-administered part of the disputed territory, the army said on Friday.

An “intense and heavy firefight” was triggered on Thursday night between soldiers and “infiltrating terrorists” near the de facto border known as the Line of Control (LoC), the Indian army´s White Knight Corps said in a statement on social media.The overnight fighting led “to the neutralization of two terrorists”, the statement said, referring to the suspected rebels.