India Adds 35,000 Troops on China Border as Tensions Simmer
- Comes as high-level talks fail to resolve months-long standoff
- Additional soldiers to further stretch India’s military budget
Indian soldiers guard a highway near the border with China, in Gagangir, in June.
Photographer: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images
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India is positioning an additional 35,000 troops along its disputed Himalayan border with China as the possibility of an early resolution to the deadly tensions between the two neighbors fades.
The move would change the status quo along the contested 3,488 kilometer (2,162 mile) Line of Actual Control and stretch the nation’s already tight military budget, senior Indian officials said, asking not to be identified citing rules on speaking to the media.