DRASS, India (Reuters) - A Ladakhi woman flees her village along with other residents in a police truck in Drass Tuesday. Villages in the Drass sector in northern Kashmir have been shelled by Pakistan. Three children were killed Wednesday when Indian mortars hit a school in the disputed Kashmir region, the second school Pakistani authorities says has been hit in two days.
DRASS, India (Reuters) - Indian army soldiers fire artillery shells towards Pakistan from Drass Tuesday. India reported progress in pushing back guerrillas entrenched in northern Kashmir Wednesday after launching a fresh wave of air and ground attacks.
A Kashmiri boy is treated at a military hospital in Muzzaffarabad, Pakistan Wednesday, June 2, 1999. Army officials and residents said 10 Pakistani students were killed when Indian shells slammed into his school about 70 miles southwest of Kargil and 50 miles east of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, in the disputed Kashmir region between Pakistan and India
In this handout picture from the Pakistani Ministry of Defense, a pedestrian looks at the wreckage of a destroyed school Wednesday, June 2, 1999 in the Neelum Valley, about 70 miles southwest of Kargil and 50 miles east of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, in the disputed Kashmir region between Pakistan and India. Army officials and residents said 10 Pakistani students were killed when Indian shells slammed into their school
In this handout picture from the Pakistani Ministry of Defense, injured students lie in bed in a military hospital in Muzzaffarabad, Pakistan Wednesday, June 2, 1999. Army officials and residents said 10 Pakistani students were killed when Indian shells slammed into their school about 70 miles southwest of Kargil and 50 miles east of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, in the disputed Kashmir region between Pakistan and India.
Syed Salahuddin, chairman of the Kashmiri militant group aegis, the United Jehad Council, speaks during an interview Wednesday, June 2, 1999 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Salahuddin said the Islamic guerrillas occupying the icy Himalayan frontier have rejected India's offer of safe passage out of the battle zone if they leave their dugouts and return to Pakistan, because it is their ``homeland.''
Syed Salahuddin, chairman of the Kashmiri militant group aegis, the United Jehad Council, speaks during an interview Wednesday, June 2, 1999 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Salahuddin said the Islamic guerrillas occupying the icy Himalayan frontier have rejected India's offer of safe passage out of the battle zone if they leave their dugouts and return to Pakistan, because it is their ``homeland.''
A cat scampers down from the remains of a house that was destroyed by shellfire in Dras, India, Wednesday, June 2, 1999. The Indian army says they are within 50 meters of Muslim militants who have infiltrated Indian territory with a large quantity of arms and ammunitions.
