Eight suspected rebels and two Indian soldiers have been killed in a series of counterinsurgency operations in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said.
Many shops were shut in parts of the disputed region to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of a popular rebel commander whose 2016 killing triggered open defiance against Indian rule.
Two Indian soldiers among several killed in Kashmir gunbattles | India News | Al Jazeera
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An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard during a lockdown in Srinagar [File: Farooq Khan/EPA]