The Indian army has said at least 20 of its soldiers were killed after hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops at a disputed border site on Monday night, in the deadliest clash between the two Asian giants in decades.
Indian army trucks move along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
The disputed site lies amid remote jagged mountains and fast flowing rivers on the northern tip of India, abutting the Aksai Chin plateau that is claimed by India but is administered by China.Since early May, hundreds of Indian and Chinese soldiers have confronted each other at three locations along their border, each side accusing the other of trespassing.
Chinese officials said that Indian troops had twice crossed the Line of Actual Control , the de facto border, and launched an attack, triggering a fierce physical confrontation. The deaths were the first since a major border clash in 1967 between the nuclear-armed neighbours, which are also the world’s two most populous countries. Hundreds were killed in those battles.
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