India begins troop reduction in Kashmir
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh headed to India’s portion of disputed Kashmir today for the start of a partial troop withdrawal hailed by rival Pakistan as an important step toward easing tensions over the Himalayan region.
Singh has cited a reduction of separatist violence in India’s Jammu-Kashmir state as a reason for the troop reduction, but militants launched an attack just hours before his scheduled arrival in the state’s summer capital, Srinagar.
