Indian Troops Pull Back From Kashmir
A battalion of paratroopers pulled out of the southern Kashmir town Anantnag, the first Indian soldiers to leave the volatile state, Wednesday, November 17, 2004, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hinted at further reductions. One thousand paratroopers, left in a convoy of trucks and buses bound for the northern Indian city of Agra, officers said. Pakistan and Kashmiri separatists welcomed the troop withdrawal.