Security tightened in Kashmir''s Poonch District following militant attack

September 27, 2013 11:45

In other news: Security has been tightened in the border areas of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch District after Thursday''s twin terror strike on a police camp and an army catonment in the region's Kathua and Samba Districts.

In all 12 people, including the three militants, were killed. Just a day before the twin strike, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he would meet his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly over the weekend.

The leaders of the nuclear-armed neighbours are expected to discuss rising violence in Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the assault was an attempt to derail the talks.

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