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| [00:00.00] | The sound of gun shots and explosions |
| [00:02.90] | echoed through the centre of Srinagar |
| [00:05.08] | after gunmen opened fire in Lal Chowk, |
| [00:07.37] | the main square in the city's commercial district. |
| [00:10.27] | After a relatively quiet period in Kashmir, |
| [00:13.69] | there have been several recent attacks - |
| [00:15.92] | four soldiers were killed in an ambush |
| [00:18.47] | by militants last week. |
| [00:19.85] | But this latest attack is even more audacious, |
| [00:22.85] | right in the heart of |
| [00:24.32] | one of the most heavily policed cities in the world. |
| [00:27.02] | Violent separatist groups, |
| [00:29.62] | some of them backed by Pakistan, |
| [00:31.49] | have taken up arms against Indian rule |
| [00:33.89] | in Kashmir for 20 years. |
| [00:35.52] | The fighting is far less intense |
| [00:37.97] | than it was in the 1990s, |
| [00:39.80] | but a political solution to Kashmir's problems remains elusive. |
| [00:44.02] | So it's been a bloody start to the New Year |
| [00:47.23] | in this highly sensitive region, |
| [00:49.06] | which has been divided between India |
| [00:51.26] | and Pakistan for decades. |
| [00:53.09] | In another sign of the complexity of the conflict, |
| [00:56.39] | four Pakistani soldiers have been killed |
| [00:59.14] | by a suicide bomber |
| [01:00.31] | in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. |
| [01:02.71] | It's a worrying development |
| [01:04.33] | for the Pakistani authorities, |
| [01:05.96] | which suggests that Taliban militants |
| [01:08.36] | may be trying to expand their area of operations. |
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