Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir border clash near

Srinagar , India (AFP ) - An Indian soldier was killed and two others wounded in clashes near the de facto border with Pakistan in Indian Kashmir , a defense spokesman said on Monday .

" Military patrol was attacked by mines and small arms fire by a group of unidentified armed personnel , " the defense ministry said in a statement , referring to clashes Sunday night , AFP reported .

The incident took place in Akhnoor , 350 kilometers south of the main city of Srinagar , when elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi , a prominent hardline , busy forming a new government in New Delhi .

Modi , who has stated that peace talks with Pakistan can not take place when the hardness is still going on , reaching the seat of power Friday after his party , the Bharatiya Janata Party , won with a majority of the first parliament in 30 years .

India's military declared Sunday night retaliated but the attackers fled back in the direction of a military post PAKITAN , the defense ministry said in the statement .

"The search in that area found the Pakistani -made mines and other equipment , which implies the involvement of Pakistan and terrorists from across the Line of Control , " the statement said .

More than 47,000 people - civilians , militants and security forces - were killed in the Muslim insurgency in Indian Kashmir since the late 1980s .

Kashmiri fighters want independence from India or the region's merger with Pakistan's population is Muslim .

New Delhi accuses Islamabad assist and train fighters Indian Kashmir . Pakistan denies the allegations but admitted giving moral and diplomatic support for the struggle of the Kashmiri people to determine their own destiny .

De facto border separating zones controlled Kashmir between India and Pakistan .

Two of the three wars between the two countries erupted due to problems of Kashmir , the only state -majority Muslim population in India is Hindu.

The attacks in 2008 in Mumbai , India 's financial capital and entertainment , has aggravated relations between India and Pakistan .

New Delhi to stop the dialogue with Islamabad that started in 2004 after the Mumbai attacks in November 2008 that killed more than 166 people .

India says it has evidence that " official agencies " in Pakistan involved in the planning and execution of the attacks - apparently referring to the Pakistani military and intelligence agencies . Islamabad has denied the allegations .

Indian officials blamed the attack on Pakistan's support group , Lashkar - e - Taiba , which is fighting Indian rule in Kashmir and is famous for the attacks on the Indian parliament in 2001 . However , a spokesman for Lashkar denied involvement in the attack .