China-India war brews in Ladakh

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 06, 2021 12:10 am

LADAKH: India's army chief has said China is sending troops to their disputed border in 'considerable numbers,' prompting a matching deployment by New Delhi in a development he called a 'concern.'

Tensions have been high between the nuclear-armed neighbors following a deadly border battle in June last year in the strategically important Galwan River valley in India's Ladakh region, near Tibet.

Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard near the entrance of the Zojila tunnel under construction which connects Srinagar to the union territory of Ladakh, at Baltal, some 93 km northeast of Srinagar, on September 28, 2021. TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP

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