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PHOTO PACKAGE: Deadly Clashes Between China And India As Military Tensions Grow

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The Indian army says at least 20 of its soldiers were killed after hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops at a disputed border site on Monday night (June 15), the deadliest clash in decades. ​The clashes took place in the Galwan region of Ladakh, in the western Himalayas, where Indian and Chinese forces have been facing off since early May.

Beijing's state media on June 17 played down a deadly border confrontation between Chinese and Indian troops and did not reveal casualties on its side even as social media users urged retaliation.

(15 PHOTOS from Reuters, AP, AFP, EPA-EFE)
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard at check post along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer some 81 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 June 2020. According to news reports, twenty Indian Army personnel including a colonel were killed in the clash with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley of the eastern Ladakh region over the border fight. Military experts say one reason for the current face-off is that India has been building roads and airfields to improve transport links and narrow the gap with China’s superior infrastructure on its side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border.
1 An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard at check post along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer some 81 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 June 2020. According to news reports, twenty Indian Army personnel including a colonel were killed in the clash with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley of the eastern Ladakh region over the border fight.
Military experts say one reason for the current face-off is that India has been building roads and airfields to improve transport links and narrow the gap with China’s superior infrastructure on its side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border.
Indian army trucks move along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer some 81 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 June 2020. ​A 1993 agreement between the two countries stipulates that neither side shall use force at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border. But violent, high-altitude disputes have erupted several times without any shots being fired.
2 Indian army trucks move along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer some 81 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 June 2020. ​A 1993 agreement between the two countries stipulates that neither side shall use force at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border. But violent, high-altitude disputes have erupted several times without any shots being fired.
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard at check post along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer some 81 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 June 2020. ​The deaths were the first since hundreds died on both sides in a major border clash in 1967 between the nuclear-armed neighbors, which are the world’s two most populous countries.
3 An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard at check post along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer some 81 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 June 2020. ​The deaths were the first since hundreds died on both sides in a major border clash in 1967 between the nuclear-armed neighbors, which are the world’s two most populous countries.
Indian army soldiers ride in a convoy along a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir on June 17, 2020. India is sending hundreds of extra troops towards the Chinese border, sources told AFP on June 17, after the deadliest clashes in over 50 years between the two Asian giants left 20 Indian soldiers dead following brawls with fists, rocks and clubs.
4 Indian army soldiers ride in a convoy along a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir on June 17, 2020. India is sending hundreds of extra troops towards the Chinese border, sources told AFP on June 17, after the deadliest clashes in over 50 years between the two Asian giants left 20 Indian soldiers dead following brawls with fists, rocks and clubs.

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