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Four Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir amid uptick in attacks on troops

Activists of right-wing Hindu groups burn portraits of Pakistan's Prime Minster Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar during a protest against the killings of Indian army soldiers, in Jammu, India, Friday, December 22, 2023. Four Indian soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in an ambush by armed fighters on Thursday [Channi Anand/AP Photo]

Four Indian soldiers were killed, and three others were wounded after suspected rebels ambushed Indian military vehicles in the southernmost border district of Rajouri in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said on Friday.

An Indian army official told Al Jazeera that the attack took place on Thursday afternoon when two army vehicles – a mini-truck and a gypsy – carrying nine soldiers were moving to a site where a search operation was under way to find the suspected rebels in Rajouri.

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