Militants in Kashmir have killed 17 Indian soldiers in an early morning raid on an army camp near the disputed border with Pakistan. Four “fidayeen” – highly-trained militants who storm security installations on what are essentially suicide missions – were killed, according to the Indian army. Kashmir braces for Eid bloodshed amid summer of violent protests Read moreThe Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, said he condemned the “cowardly” attack. Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan prime minister, has pledged to “emphatically highlight” violence in Kashmir in a speech during this week’s UN general assembly meeting. Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours have been on edge since a January attack on an Indian air force base in Punjab, near the border with Pakistan, that killed seven uniformed men.

Source: The Guardian September 18, 2016 05:38 UTC