An army and police party was returning from a village in the Shopian district of South Kashmir when it came under attack.
SHOPIAN, India Three Indian soldiers and a woman were killed when militants ambushed a patrol in South Kashmir early on Thursday, part of an upsurge of violence that has hit the restive northern region as it emerges from winter.
Protests flared after security forces killed a popular militant leader called Burhan Wani last July.
The nuclear-armed neighbors have fought two of their three wars since independence over Kashmir, which each claims in full but rules only in part.
A search was under way for the assailants in the latest in an upsurge of militant violence since Feb. 12 that has killed eight soldiers, eight gunmen and three civilians in the part of Kashmir that is controlled by India.
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