Armies of China and India pull back from hand-to-hand border battle zone

Both countries say they are disengaging in disputed Ladakh where soldiers killed each other with sticks and rocks

China and India have been pulling back frontline troops along disputed portions of their mountain border where they have been in a standoff for months, officials in both countries said.

The troops started the disengagement on Wednesday at the southern and northern bank of Pangong Lake in the Ladakh region, according to the officials.