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Two militants were killed on Wednesday in an encounter with security forces near the Line of Control in Macchil sector of Kashmir Valley.
"Now there presence is mainly because of infrastructure development. We are aware that the Chinese are assisting in construction of a highway...a large number of dams and infrastructure projects have been developed by the Chinese in PoK as well as the northern areas. These areas are very close to the LoC," General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Army's northern command Lt General K T Parnaik said.
Thousands of misguided Kashmiri youth were receiving training in different militant training camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), says an arrested Hizbul Mujahideen militant.
They will be here on an invitation of SAFMA's Indian Chapter.
He said no reduction of forces within the state, could become 'an impediment in the peace process.'
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will arrive in Beijing on Monday for "comprehensive" talks with the top Chinese leadership covering issues like issuance of stapled visas by Beijing and "illegal" construction in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
India's concerns on a host of issues, including issuance of stapled visas and "illegal" construction in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, will be taken up by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna during his meetings with Chinese leadership when he visits that country from Monday.
A man, who had claimed to be from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Bombay high court saying that he was a Pakistani citizen and wanted to be deported to the neighbouring country.
The Lashkar-e-Tayiba is raising a group of 21 female terrorists at its training camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir for carrying out sabotage activities in India, army sources said on Tuesday.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has defended his decision to allow the pro-Pakistani hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to perform Haj saying the piligrimage is necessary for all Muslims.
While India and Pakistan are preparing to tone down the heightened tension amid them during the forthcoming South Asian Association for Regional Corporation summit, in which Home Minister P Chidambaram is likely to take part, anti-India Jihadi organisations are organising a meet in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Dismissing reports that the terror infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has been destroyed by the October 8 quake, the army Friday said that militant infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir "is the same as before".
Around 2,500 terrorists are present in a number of launch pads in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan, the government said on Wednesday.
