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Two Indian soldiers, six rebels killed in Kashmir gun battles

The Himalayan region has been roiled by violence since the start of an armed rebellion in 1989 [File: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP]

Two Indian soldiers have been killed alongside six rebels in two separate gun battles in the Indian-administered Kashmir, according to the police, raising concerns about the security situation in the disputed Himalayan region.

Kashmir police’s Inspector General Vidhi Kumar Birdi told the AFP news agency on Sunday that security forces “carried out two different operations” in villages in the Kulgam district in the disputed territory in which two soldiers were killed.

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