8 rebels killed in Kashmir fighting
Indian troops yesterday shot dead eight Kashmiri rebels along the de facto border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, the army said.
The rebels were killed in northern Machil sector after they crossed the Line of Control -- a demarcation that divides Kashmir between the two nuclear-armed rivals, Indian army spokesman Vijay Batra told AFP.
"All eight were killed along a barbed fence erected to stop infiltration of rebels into our territory," Batra said in the summer capital Srinagar.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. He said army commanders believe those killed were part of a group of a nearly a dozen heavily armed militants trying to cross into Indian Kashmir.
"An operation to trace out more militants who might be hiding in the area is (under way)," the spokesman said.
India accuses Pakistan of arming and funding Kashmiri rebels who have been waging an insurgency against New Delhi's rule since 1989.
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