SRINAGAR, India, July 20 (Reuters) - Two Indian soldiers, including an officer, and four suspected Muslim militants were killed in separate gun battles in Kashmir, while two others died in a grenade attack, the army said on Sunday.
The violence flared up across the Himalayan region ahead of a new round of India-Pakistan peace talks on Monday that are opposed by Kashmiri separatist militants.
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Srinagar, India - One Indian Army officer and one policeman were killed and three other security personnel seriously wounded in a gunbattle with suspected militants in Jammu and Kashmir state on Sunday, the police said.
Major Bhanu Pratap Singh and police constable Sanjeev Raina were killed in a clash with militants of the Lashkar-e-Toiba group, defence spokesman SD Goswami said.
ia's Defence Minister AK Antony said the attacks would not stop the government from holding the elections.

SRINAGAR, India, July 19 (UPI) - An Indian army convoy hit a roadside bomb Saturday in Kashmir and the blast killed 9 soldiers and injured dozens more.
The attack was the second in two days in the area, The Times of India reported. On Friday, 32 people, including three soldiers, were hurt.
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By VOA News At least nine soldiers have been killed and more than 20 others injured in an explosion in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Police say an army convoy

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) - A blast from an improvised explosive device Saturday killed nine Indian soldiers and wounded 14 traveling in an army convoy, an army spokesman said.
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day after four Indian paramilitary troopers, two police officers and 29 civilians were wounded in a grenade attack in Banihal, south of Srinagar.