Two Indian soldiers and a suspected militant are said to have been killed in one of longest gunfights in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Officials have said that fighting between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan began on Friday, August 1.

It came after Indian troops laid a cordon in southern Kulgam district's Akhal forested area following a tip that a group of insurgents was operating there.

Multiple search operations in the area by soldiers triggered a series of firefights with militants.

According to officials, this initially left one militant dead and seven soldiers wounded.

Intermittent fighting has continued in the area since then, with troops deploying helicopters and drones to combat an unspecified number of militants in the vast, forested area.

Officials say two army so

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