Two soldiers and four rebels killed in Kashmir

Taking shelter: Indian border villagers sleeping inside an Indian army banker during allegedly firing from the Pakistan side at Abdullian village, about 35km from Jammu. - EPA

SRINAGAR: India’s army clashed with suspected militants in Indian Kashmir near the disputed border with Pakistan, leaving two soldiers and four rebels dead, a military official said.

Soldiers encountered the militants, who are believed to have crossed the de facto border into Indian Kashmir’s Keran sector, some 150km northwest of the main city of Srinagar on Saturday night, the official said.