Five suspected rebels and a soldier were killed Friday in the latest of a series of clashes in Indian Kashmir that have left 17 dead in two weeks, police said. Three suspected rebels were killed by soldiers in the Kulgam forest on Wednesday, a day after police said an influential rebel commander Nadeem Abrar was killed with a Pakistani associate while in custody. The military said on Thursday that 61 suspected rebels have been killed this year so far. The surge in violence came after 14 pro-India leaders from Kashmir held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month. Public disenchantment with New Delhi has steadily increased in the region, where an insurgency against Indian forces erupted in 1989.

Source: The Guardian July 02, 2021 12:00 UTC