Pakistan says 2 soldiers killed by Indian fire in Kashmir - GulfToday

Pakistan says 2 soldiers killed by Indian fire in Kashmir

  • 10 Dec 2020
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Indian soldiers stroll in the Kashmir valley. File photo

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Pakistan’s military said on Thursday that two soldiers were killed by Indian fire. Maj. Gen. Babar Iftikhar tweeted that Indian troops opened fire and Pakistan "responded befittingly.”

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Lt. Col. Devender Anand, an Indian army spokesman, said Pakistan initiated the fighting by firing bullets and mortar shells along the Line of Control that separates the two sides. India did not report any casualties.

The two nuclear-armed neighbors routinely accuse each other of unprovoked attacks in violation of a 2003 cease-fire agreement along the highly militarised Line of Control.

Kashmir is split between the two countries and both claim it in its entirety. India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir since their independence from British rule in 1947.

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