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Pak. shells Kargil, Drass

By Shujaat Bukhari

KARGIL Sept. 8. Two civilians were killed and 10, including five soldiers, injured and an ammunition depot was gutted when Pakistani troops resorted to heavy shelling on Kargil and Drass towns since Saturday evening.

The residents of Kargil and Drass woke up to the shelling from across the border. Shells hit the Kargil airport, Minji, Kubartham and Drass township. One civilian was killed and six others were injured in Baroo, while another was killed and four others injured in Drass. This correspondent had a miraculous escape as shells landed near him in Minji area of Kargil, even as he saw residents scurry towards the bunkers.

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