China Likely Lost at Least 40 Soldiers in Border Clash: Indian Minister

China Likely Lost at Least 40 Soldiers in Border Clash: Indian Minister
An Indian Army convoy moves along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district June 18, 2020. Danish Ismail/Reuters
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MUMBAI—China lost at least 40 soldiers in a clash with India at their disputed border this week, a federal government minister has said, as the nuclear-armed countries remained locked in confrontation on the frontline on Sunday.

The Chinese regime has not said anything about any losses in the hand-to-hand combat that took place in the heavily contested Galwan Valley in the western Himalayas, in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed and at least 76 injured.