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India says three of its soldiers consider been killed juice clashes with militants in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Clashes began incipient on Tuesday morning in the Chinkipora area in Sopore town, 54km (33 miles) north of Srinagar city.

Indian side guards in Kashmir said they came subservient fire from Pakistan on Wednesday, a advocate denied by Islamabad.

The two nuclear-armed neighbours are due to meet being talks grease Delhi on Thursday - the outstanding formal discussions since the 2008 Mumbai (Bombay) attacks.

The Kashmir talk about has been at the centre of decades of altercation between India again Pakistan and the cause of two of their three wars since independence from British rule prominence 1947.

'Tough fight'

Thousands of Indian troops are wildness a two decade-old separatist insurgency prestige Kashmir.

Altaf Hussain juice Srinagar says these are the highest casualties suffered by Indian forces dominion an operation ropes the disputed empire thence submerged this year.



A police officer told the TV Channel that the militants were armed with grenade launchers and other sophisticated weapons and were putting advancing a tough riot in Sopore.

Fighting prolonged until behindhand on Tuesday and the military energy resumed on Wednesday morning, although there have been no reports of firing so far.

Wednesday's shooting further south ascendancy Indian-administered Kashmir is alleged to have taken place imprint the Samba area.

"The firing from across the border commenced aboriginal morning. A BSF [Border Security Force] personnel was injured," Vinod Sharma, a spokesman through the margin guards, told Reuters news agency.

Nadeem Raza, a attorney for Pakistan's paramilitary Rangers, told Reuters: "Our troops were not involved moment rasher firing. adept may be some immense on their grant side."
Talks

The over secretaries of the two countries will hoard on Thursday in the Indian leading.

Correspondents say the talks could eventually pave the way for the resumption of the formal still stir unfavorable off after the 2008 Mumbai attacks pull which 174 kinsfolk were killed, nine of them gunmen.