Kashmir fight leaves 25 dead
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The Pakistan-based militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks threatened on Wednesday more violence in disputed Indian Kashmir after a five-day gunbattle with troops that killed 25 people.
Indian soldiers shot dead 17 militants and eight troops were killed in the gunbattle that began last Friday in Shamsbari forest near the Line of Control, a cease-fire line that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, officials said. Brigadier Gurmit Singh, a senior Indian army officer, said the militants were "well-trained, heavily armed and indoctrinated." (Reuters)
