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Indian security forces carry a wounded colleague from the scene of a shootout at an army base in Kashmir.

Militants were holed up at the base on Thursday after attacking a nearby police station.

Police said they hijacked two vehicles to get from there to the military base.

At least eight people have been killed.

The attack happened as the prime ministers of India and Pakistan were due to meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.

Violence in the disputed Kashmir region was expected to be on the agenda.

Some defence analysts in India say talks now will show India to be soft.

(SOUNDBITE)(English) BHARAT VERMA, A DEFENCE EXPERT, SAYING:

"The talk is not going to work. You need to have a carrot and stick policy, and so many attacks on India are happening, and now with this attack even now if the prime minister wants to talk with Prime Mini