Chinese and Indian troops in fresh skirmish at Himalayan border

Indian troops on exercises near the Himalayan border in July. The clash was the most serious since June 2020, when at least 24 soldiers died in violent hand-to-hand combat. Photograph: Mohd Arhaan Archer/AFP/Getty Images

Chinese and Indian troops have clashed in a disputed Himalayan border region for the first time in more than two years, with reports of dozens injured.

At least 20 Indian soldiers were injured in the incident on 9 December in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh, the Indian army said on Tuesday. The clash was the most serious since June 2020, when at least 24 soldiers died in violent hand-to-hand combat, and comes after months of major acts of disengagement by both militaries in the long-running dispute.