However, asked whether any militants had suffered any casualties in the gunfights that followed the infiltration bids, an Army official told Express, “We don’t have any information in this regard as the gunfight is going on”.
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India says its soldiers have exchanged fire with Pakistani troops across the disputed border in Kashmir.
Former army chief General Bikram Singh (retd) believes the political and strategic climate has changed and the government has clearly spelt out a more robust policy vis-a-vis Pakistan. “India should and definitely will use them this time”, said Ajit Dubey, a defence correspondent at The Week magazine.
The NIA will also send the Global Positioning System and icon satellite set to the United States for forensic investigation to find out what route the terrorists chose and when and how they entered Indian territory.
“There were at least 15 who tried to cross over”.
“Every time we are attacked by Pakistan-sponsored, trained and funded terrorists we adopt a week-kneed approach, but this time the Indian government should show some guts and punish those responsible for the killing of our soldiers”, he added.
While addressing at the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Sharif said, “Burhan Wani, the young leader murdered by Indian forces, has emerged as the symbol of the latest Kashmiri Intifada, a popular and peaceful freedom movement, led by Kashmiris”.
Control over the verdant Kashmir Valley in the foothills of the Himalayas has been the main source of contention between regional powers Indian and Pakistan for decades, with an armed insurgency by Muslims seeking autonomy from India often flaring there. According to army sources, one militant has been shot dead and also an army man namely Havaldar Madan Lal has also got killed in the firefight.
That attack escalated tensions between India and Pakistan and provoked calls for revenge, with New Delhi blaming Islamabad-backed militants for the deadly strike, an allegation Pakistan strongly denied. “Reminded him about UNSC resolutions”, Pakistan’s envoy to the UN Maleeha Lodhi tweeted.
The Indian Army has claimed to have recovered arms, ammunition and food and medicine packets with Pakistani markings during the combing operations at the military base in Uri.
“The world has not yet forgotten that the trail of that dastardly attack led all the way to Abbottabad in Pakistan”, she said.
According to the Indian Army, infiltration attempts from across the border with Pakistan have increased this year in comparison with the past three to four years.
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Some 110 militants were killed and 31 of them were gunned down near the LoC.
