AN INDIAN PARAMILITARY TROOPER KEEPS VIGIL OVER A GROUP OF RESIDENTS DURING A SEARCH AND CORDON OPERATION IN SRINAGAR.


An Indian paramilitary trooper watches residents during a search and cordon operation in Srinagar on August 13, 2000. At least four of India's border police were killed and 33 injured in a landmine blast in India's restive northern state of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The blast hit a vehicle of the Border Security Force (BSF) near Kud, 100 km to the east of Jammu, the winter capital of the Himalayan state, early on Sunday morning.