Six killed in Kashmir gun battle

Hundreds of thousands of troops are based in Kashmir

Two soldiers and four militants have been killed in a gun battle in Indian-administered Kashmir, the army says.

The fighting broke out in the Hapatnar forests in the Baramulla district.

It was the second such incident in northern Kashmir this week - on Tuesday, two Indian soldiers were killed in Bandipora district.

There has been a spate of clashes in the recent months along the Line of Control that separates Indian- and Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

Violence has declined in Kashmir in recent years, but there are fears the militants are now trying to regroup.

Hundreds of thousands of Indian troops are based in Kashmir to fight a two decade-old insurgency against Indian rule.