Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Intense Fighting Reported Betwen Pakistan And Indian Forces Along The 786 km-long Line of Control (LoC)


Al Jazeera: Tensions soar along India, Pakistan border in Kashmir

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir - Two civilians and an Indian soldier were killed and twenty more wounded in the latest ceasefire violations in the border villages of Jammu region in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said.

State police Chief Shesh Paul Vaid told Al Jazeera that the two civilians, including a 52-year-old woman, were killed in fresh shelling by Pakistani side in RS Pura sector in Jammu region on Friday morning.

"One Border Security Force (BSF) trooper has also been killed in the shelling which continues since night," Vaid said, adding that twenty civilians were also wounded.

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Update #1: BSF pounds Pakistan positions across International Border with 9,000 mortar shells (Times of India/PTI)
Update #2: India, Pakistan ceasefire violations up at 860 in 2017: report (Live Mint)

WNU Editor: The above Al Jazeera report is from a few days ago, but the fighting has definitely exploded in the past day .... India, Pakistan continue trading fire and blame in Kashmir (AP)

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