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Militants killed 242 people after ceasefire in Indian Kashmir

Militants killed 242 people after ceasefire in Indian Kashmir

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Publication: Agence France-Presse
Date: February 14, 2001

Militants killed 242 people in restive Indian Kashmir during the period of a unilateral ceasefire declared by New Delhi, a state official said Wednesday.

Kashmir government spokesman K.V. Jandiyal said in a statement that in comparison 154 people were killed in the 78 days prior to the ceasefire.

India offered the unilateral ceasefire in November 26 and later extended it to February 26. Muslim militant groups have rejected the ceasefire as a propaganda ploy.

The statement said Indian security forces had suffered fewer casualties during the ceasefire, with 54 troops killed during the period as against 94 soldiers killed before the ceasefire.

More than 34,000 people have died in Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state, since 1989 when militancy flared in the disputed territory.
 


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