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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (5119)	7/14/1999 8:38:00 AM
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Indian troops rescue hostages - Black Cats storm BSF camp, free hostages 216.32.165.70 Indian troops had been expecting an upsurge in violence Indian forces have freed 12 hostages who had been held by members of an Islamic separatist group in Kashmir. Commandos stormed the building at an Indian military camp where the hostages were being held by the Lashkhar-e-Toiba militant group on Wednesday. One of the separatists is reported to have been killed in the rescue, but all 12 hostages - including five children and four women - are reported to be unharmed. Efforts to kill or capture the remaining militants may still be underway, as the area is still cordoned off and no-one has been allowed near it for some time. The militant group, whose name in English means Holy Army, is based in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The BBC's Daniel Lak: "The hostages have been released unharmed" The Lashkhar-e-Toiba separatists killed three soldiers and a civilian when they raided the Indian camp near the capital, Srinagar, on Tuesday. The BBC Delhi Correspondent Daniel Lak says the rescue of the hostages is being viewed as a great success in India. It was the first attack of its kind on a Border Security Force base in 10 years of militancy in the disputed region. The raid came as Pakistani-backed forces continued to withdraw from their positions on the Indian side of the Line of Control. Pledge to step up campaign But a spokesman for Lashkhar-e-Toiba told the BBC that it would intensify its campaign further into Kashmir. He said the group rejected the Pakistani Government's appeal for militant groups to withdraw from the Kargil area near the frontline after two months of fighting with Indian troops. An alliance of 15 Pakistani-based militant groups had earlier said it was changing its positions in Kargil but denied it was withdrawing under pressure from Islamabad. Indian officials had been expecting an upsurge in militant activity with the withdrawal of forces from the mountains in Kargil. In Pakistan, there has been criticism of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's televised address to the nation on the conflict. The leader of Pakistan's right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami party accused Mr Sharif of betrayal by agreeing to withdraw from the fighting in Kashmir. news.bbc.co.uk

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