SRINAGAR, India — Rebels combating in opposition to Indian rule in disputed Kashmir triggered an explosive system throughout an encounter with the Indian military on Friday, killing 5 troopers who had been making an attempt to flush them out of a forested space, the military mentioned.

The rebels had been hiding in a collapse an space with steep cliffs in Tota Gali within the Jammu area, the military mentioned in an announcement. Two Indian troopers died instantly after being hit by the explosion and three succumbed later in a hospital, it mentioned. The insurgent losses within the conflict weren’t instantly recognized.

It was the second main assault by rebels up to now two weeks at a time when Indian authorities are rising safety as they put together to host a gathering of officers from the Group of 20 main industrialized and growing nations on selling tourism within the area later this month.

India accuses Pakistan of arming and coaching insurgents to combat its forces for management of Kashmir, a cost Islamabad denies.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilal Bhutto Zardari is in India on Friday attending a gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a gaggle that features Russia, China and a number of other different Asian international locations.

On April 20, suspected rebels killed 5 Indian troopers after attacking their automobile with gunfire within the southern Rajouri sector close to the extremely militarized Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan.

Rebel teams have been combating since 1989 for Kashmir’s independence from India or its merger with neighboring Pakistan.

Most Muslim Kashmiris assist the insurgent aim of uniting the territory, both beneath Pakistani rule or as an impartial nation.

New Delhi insists the Kashmir militancy is Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. Most Kashmiris take into account it a official freedom battle.

Tens of 1000’s of civilians, rebels and authorities forces have been killed within the battle.