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    Galwan Valley: China and India clash on freezing and inhospitable battlefield

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    A savage brawl between Indian and Chinese forces in the Galwan river valley in Ladakh, a disputed Himalayan border region, has left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead.

    The world's two most populous – with two of the planet's biggest military forces – have been at loggerheads for weeks along their long and contested high-altitude frontier.

    But the crisis escalated on Tuesday when the number of Indians killed in an extraordinary confrontation soared to 20 – they had died without a single shot being fired. said both sides suffered casualties. is yet to confirm its number of dead or injured.

    The site of the clash was on the de facto border – the Line of Actual Control or – between the two countries. India and China share a border that is more than 3,440km (2,100 miles) long and have overlapping territorial claims.

    The Galwan river valley, with its harsh climate and high altitude terrain, lies along the western sector of the LAC and close to Aksai Chin, a disputed area claimed by India but controlled by China.

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    The Galwan river valley lies along the western sector of the LAC and close to Aksai Chin, an area India claims but China controls

    Media reports say that troops…

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