SRINAGAR: Four militants and a teenaged girl were killed in two separate incidents of cross firing between militants and the security forces in Kashmir Valley, where the All Parties Hurriyat Conference sponsored civil curfew I paralyzed normal life last week. Amy troops captured five militants, including two Pakistan trained militants of the outlawed Hizbul, Mujahideen and seized arms and ammunition yen as militants fired rockets at three Security camps in the Valley, a Defence Ministry spokesman said.

Shops and business establishments, Government offices, semi Government institutions, banks, post offices, educational institutions, courts and other establishments remained closed throughout the Kashmir Valley in Response to APHC call.

Article extracted from this publication >>  November 4, 1994