Indian officer shot dead in IHK

SRINAGAR (AFP) - An Indian army officer died in a battle with freedom fighters along the Line of Control, the army said Thursday. The Indian army officer was shot dead after Wednesdays first meeting between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and India in a year as part of a comprehensive peace dialogue. The fighting in Kupwara (north Held Kashmir) erupted when a group of heavily armed fighters tried to infiltrate into our territory from the Pakistani part of Kashmir, Indian army spokesman JS Brar told AFP. The clash, in which two Indian soldiers were also wounded, ended early Thursday after erupting the previous day. Indian soldiers were hunting for the freedom fighters.

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