An Indian army officer told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the soldiers were killed on Monday after Pakistani troops fired machine guns and grenades at Indian positions in the Gurez sector along the heavily militarized de facto border dividing the disputed region of Kashmir between the two neighbors.
The source did not mention whether Indian forces responded with their own barrage to the firing by Pakistan.
Senior officials in Islamabad have yet to comment on the latest incident of fighting in the volatile region.
Indian and Pakistani forces have been engaged in similar clashes in the disputed valley over the past few months. The two sides have accused each other of provocation and initiating the clashes.
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