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(Alexander Welscher/picture alliance via Getty Images)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2026/09/17/india-says-china-has-scaled-back-troop-numbers-along-their-border/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-17T11:43:24.544Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Defense News</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-17T11:43:24.544Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[India says China has scaled back troop numbers along their border]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/rTKFTt7U1HGN_o8ijGBRyIGq0A8=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/6QTT6CSR5BG43P5AVMDIE6BFFI.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[This video frame grab taken from footage recorded in mid-June 2020 and released by China Central Television (CCTV) on Feb. 20, 2021, shows Indian soldiers crossing a river during an incident where Chinese and Indian troops clashed in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan Valley, in the Karakoram Mountains in the Himalayas. 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