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Liputan6.com, Srinagar: Two suspected militants shot dead the Indian Army on Wednesday (24 / 3), after they tried to enter the territory of Kashmir from the Pakistan side of the dispute. Militant groups trying to enter the strife-torn region the day after Pakistan's hard-line group pledged to wage a holy war to liberate occupied the Himalayan region of India.

The rebels killed in northern Keran sector, said a military spokesman, Lt. Col. JS Brar told AFP. "We thwart an infiltration bid along the LOC (Line of Control)," he said, referring to the de facto border that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan.

As reported by AFP on Wednesday (24 / 3), India accuses Pakistan of arming and funding Kashmiri militants, a charge Islamabad denied of course denies. Rebels continue to sneak in even though the fence was built by the Indian Army and the promise by Islamabad that he would do their best to prevent militants infiltrated into Indian Kashmir.

For twenty years the Muslim insurgency in Indian Kashmir, and has claimed more than 47,000 residents. Violence has decreased since the India-Pakistan peace dialogue since 2004. (Job)