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Al Badr claims killing of 12 Indian soldiers

By Our Special Correspondent

ISLAMABAD, DEC. 31 Al Badr, a Pakistan-based militant organisation operating in Kashmir, has claimed that its fighters have killed 12 Indian soldiers and injured ten others in an attack on an Army post in Jammu.

Pakistani agencies have quoted the outfit spokesman, Mr. Mushtaq Askari, as saying that four guerillas launched a raid in Sarankot town on Saturday night. The fighting lasted more than an hour, he added.

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