INDIA -
SRINAGAR: Indian troops in revolt-hit Kashmir shot dead five militants Tuesday, bringing the death toll on both sides from several days of forest gunbattles to 24, the army said.
An army statement said eight soldiers and 16 militants have died in the fighting in Kupwara district close to the Line of Control that divides the Indian and Pakistani-controlled parts of the Himalayan region.
The gunfights were first reported on Saturday and followed a cross-border firing incident involving Indian and Pakistani troops that left one Indian soldier injured.
Pakistan and India agreed to a ceasefire along the Line of Control in 2003 and have since held slow-moving peace negotiations.
But the peace process ground to a halt following November's militant attacks on Mumbai that India has blamed on the Pakistan-based Lashkar-i-Taiba.
India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over mainly Muslim Kashmir, which is held in part by each country but claimed in full by both.
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