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SRINAGAR adidas yeezy boost 350 kopen , Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Three militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant outfit were killed Thursday in a fierce gunfight with troops in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.
The gunfight between militants and government forces broke out Wednesday night at village Kakapora in Pulwama district, about 25 km south of Srinagar city adidas nmd city sock kopen , the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
"Three militants were killed in gunfight in Kakapora early today," Indian army spokesperson Col Rajesh Kalia told Xinhua. "Three weapons have been recovered from the spot."
An army officer was wounded fighting the militants. Reports said he was immediately taken to hospital, where his condition was stated to be stable.
According to a police official posted in Pulwama, the village was cordoned off Wednesday night on specific intelligence inputs about presence of militants.
While the area was being cordoned adidas nmd xr1 olive kopen , villagers hit the roads and tried to clash with government forces to help militants escape but they were chased out due to tear smoke shelling, police said.
"The gunfight in the village triggered during night after contingents of army and police zeroed on the suspected house," the official said. "The standoff ended early today morning."
The slain militants were identified as local cadres of LeT.
According to locals, the house from where militants were firing on police and army positions was fully damaged due to heavy shelling.
Meanwhile adidas nmd runner dames , hundreds of villagers have gathered at Kakapora to mourn the killing of militants and participate in their funeral prayers. Authorities have imposed restrictions at sensitive places in the district.
A guerrilla war is going on between militants and Indian troops stationed in the region since 1989. Gunfights often take place between the two sides.
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KABUL, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan kicked off a mass vaccination campaign against polio after a new case of the infectious disease was recently confirmed, the Public Health Ministry said on Monday.
Starting from Monday, the house-to-house drive will target 9.5 million children of less than five-year-old, the ministry said in a statement.
"The campaign runs throughout Afghanistan for four days, from 17-19 October, with a catch-up day to revisit missed children on 21 October," the statement said.
The number of polio cases recorded in the militancy-hit country has risen to eight so far this year after a fresh case was confirmed in Barmal district of the eastern Paktika province while some cases were detected in eastern Kunar and southern Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
"Polio is a crippling disease that cannot be treated but it can be prevented through vaccination. Every child under the age of five in Afghanistan should be vaccinated during each immunization round to ensure they are protected," the statement reads.
"Afghanistan is on track to stopping the transmission of polio and our focus is now on finding and vaccinating every child missed for any reason. Most of Afghanistan remains polio-free," Afghan Minister of Public Health Ferozuddin Feroz was quoted as saying.
During this polio campaign all children aged 2-5 years will also receive de-worming tablets, according to the statement.
The ongoing insurgency and conflicts have been hindering the efforts to stamp out the infectious disease in the mountainous country.
JINAN, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Lanxiang, one of China's largest and best-known vocational schools, is offering courses on electronic sports (e-sports) adidas springblade kopen , riding the boom of video gaming in Asia.
The school, famed for education in traditional professions including cooking, auto repairs and hairdressing, recently opened an "e-sports college adidas superstar zwart goud dames ," providing three-month and three-year training courses.
Based in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, the school spent more than 10 million yuan (1.5 million U.S. dollars) to create the new major, said principal Rong Lanxiang.
The three-year program aims to help students with zero knowledge about the e-sports industry become professionals. Graduates may become gamers adidas superstar wit goud bestellen , judges or e-sports marketing specialists.
"We opened the major because there is a demand. Many people think e-sports is simply playing games. But it's not, it's a sport, and a new profession as well," Lan said.
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