During fighting in a national park, the military claims that Indian security forces killed three suspected rebels in India-administered Kashmir.
About 30 kilometers (18 miles) east of Srinagar, the disputed region’s main city, the incident took place on Monday in Dachigam, in the mountains.
The Indian army said in a statement posted on social media that “Three terrorists have been neutralized in an intense firefight.” The “operation continues”
India and Pakistan, which both claim Kashmir in full and have a Muslim majority, have engaged in three wars to control it since 1947 when they were granted independence from British rule.
Kashmiri rebels have been fighting Indian rule since 1989, requesting regional integration or regional integration with Pakistan. Pakistan is accused of supporting the rebellion, but Islamabad claims that it only gives Kashmiris diplomatic support.
The three men who were killed on Monday, according to reports in Indian media, are thought to be responsible for the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, a resort town in India, that resulted in the death of 26 people.
More than 70 people were killed on both sides of the four-day military conflict with Pakistan in April, which Al Jazeera was unable to immediately confirm the men’s involvement in.
On the condition of anonymity, a police officer told the AFP news agency that all the victims were “foreigners.” The Indian military did not immediately identify them.
The Resistance Front (TRF), which is accused of being responsible for the Pahalgam attack, was officially designated a “foreign terrorist organization” by the US this month.
More than 350, 000 people from across India have travelled there on July 3 as part of an annual pilgrimage that started there. The incident occurred on Monday near the Hindu shrine of Amarnath.
In India-administered Kashmir, fighting between rebels and Indian government forces has drastically decreased over the past five years, but many local fighters have died, according to officials, since the Pahalgam attack.
India refutes US assertions.
In a related development, India’s defense minister Rajnath Singh claimed on Monday that New Delhi had successfully ended its military conflict with Pakistan in May because it had pursued all goals and had not relied on outside pressure.
US President Donald Trump claimed that he had broken the deal between the two neighbors in a discussion in parliament on April 22. However, Singh’s remarks at the time effectively rejected Singh’s assertion.
Because all the political and military objectives identified before and during the conflict had been fully realized, Singh said, “India halted its operation.” It is completely false to suggest that the operation was called off due to pressure.
According to New Delhi, Pakistanis were responsible for the Pahalgam killings. Pakistan demanded an impartial investigation and denied involvement.
Before Trump announced they had agreed to a ceasefire, the two sides engaged in a military conflict in May that involved fighter jets, missiles, drones, and other munitions, killing dozens of people.
India claimed that the US had no influence in the negotiations and that New Delhi and Islamabad had reached a truce to put an end to the conflict, while Pakistan thanked Trump for brokering it.
The government’s inability to capture the assailants and the government’s failure to stop the attack, which the opposition in India claim is a problem, are issues they are expected to raise during the parliament discussion.
They also criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reportedly agreeing to end the fighting and being under pressure from Trump.
