17 Indian Soldiers Killed in Militant Attack in Indian Kashmir

Seventeen Indian soldiers have been killed and nearly 20 wounded in the deadliest attack mounted by militants in two decades on an Indian army base in Kashmir, close to the border with Pakistan.   Officials say four heavily armed commandos using guns and grenades stormed the army camp early Sunday in Uri, which lies west of Indian Kashmir’s capital, Srinagar.   An army statement said four militants were killed. A search is under way for others possibly hiding in the...

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