Indian security forces battled rebels in villages along the border in Kashmir and suspected insurgents detonated a grenade in a busy market Thursday, in violence that left 12 people dead. Elsewhere along the 700-mile Indian-Pakistani frontier, the armies of the two countries held their fire for a second day in the first formal cease-fire between the two nuclear-armed neighbors in 14 years. But the separatists have vowed to persist with their attacks in Kashmir despite the cease-fire, and New Delhi said it would continue targeting suspected militants infiltrating its area of Kashmir. A shopkeeper was killed by a grenade at a security checkpoint at Lal Chowk, Srinagar’s commercial hub, police officer Javed Ahmed said. Nine passersby were wounded. Four suspected rebels were killed in a pre-dawn gunbattle in the village of Nowgam, about 60 miles north of Srinagar. Ahmed said the suspected militants were surrounded by security forces in the village. Full Story