{"id":15553,"date":"2020-07-05T11:19:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T06:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=15553"},"modified":"2020-07-05T11:19:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T06:19:52","slug":"2-militants-dead-in-kashmir-gunfight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/15553","title":{"rendered":"2 militants dead in Kashmir gunfight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Three Indian soldiers, including a junior commissioned officer, were also injured in the shootout, a police source told Anadolu Agency, requesting anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.<\/p>\n<p>The gunfight broke out during a cordon-and-search operation in the Arrah area of Kashmir\u2019s southern Kulgam district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne militant was killed during the initial exchange of fire. We tried to persuade the other militant to surrender but he refused and was shot dead,\u201d the police source said.<\/p>\n<p>Other local sources told Anadolu Agency that protests have started in the area against the militants\u2019 killing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ongoing violence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite multiple calls for a cease-fire, violence continues unabated in the disputed Himalayan region.<\/p>\n<p>Police sources say more than 120 militants have been killed in the region this year.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), at least 143 militants and 32 civilians have been killed in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in 57 encounters from Jan. 1 to June 30.<\/p>\n<p>Kashmir is held by India and Pakistan in parts and claimed by both in full. A small sliver of Kashmir is also held by China.<\/p>\n<p>Since they were partitioned in 1947, the two countries have fought three wars \u2013 in 1948, 1965, and 1971 \u2013 two of them over Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Also, in Siachen glacier in northern Kashmir, Indian and Pakistani troops have fought intermittently since 1984. A cease-fire took effect in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Some Kashmiri groups in Jammu and Kashmir have been fighting against Indian rule for independence, or for unification with neighboring Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>According to several human rights groups, thousands of people have been killed in the conflict since 1989.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir Two militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. Three Indian soldiers, including a junior commissioned officer, were also injured in the shootout, a police source told Anadolu Agency, requesting anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media. The gunfight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kashmir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15554,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15553\/revisions\/15554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}