Pakistan accuses Indian troops of killing national in Kashmir

 Pakistan military says that Indian troops on Monday killed its national along the Line of Control, which divides the two countries in the disputed Kashmir region.

This is the latest incident of firing along the LoC as troops of both countries now routinely exchange fire.

Both accuse each other of violating the 2003 ceasefire.

“Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing in the wee hours of this morning in Battal‚ Chirikot and Satwal Sectors. A civilian named Muhammad Zubair resident of Dunga‚ embraced martydrom due to unprovoked Indian shelling,” military sources said.

They said Pakistani troops effectively responded to the Indian firing.

Indian officials meanwhile said Monday Pakistani troops “violated ceasefire again by resorting to unprovoked firing on our forward posts in Digwar, Mankote and Durga Battalion of Poonch.”

The India army also retaliated to firing from Pakistani side. However, The Indian army officials said they have not suffered any damage in the exchange, Indian media reported.

Last week Indian officials claimed that five troops were killed and another wounded in an ambush near Sarla in Poonch.

India accused Pakistani troops of entering into their territory and carrying out the attack, a charge Pakistan denies.

The killings and skirmishes on LoC have come at a time when New Delhi and Islamabad were trying to normalize ties and resume the talks. The killings according to experts are likely to overshadow the resumption of Indo-Pak dialogue process.

New Delhi and Islamabad in 2003 agreed to observe a ceasefire along the international border and LoC in Kashmir. Though some violations have been reported on both sides, the ceasefire remains in effect.

In January this year skirmishes between armies of the two nuclear neighbors claimed lives of five troopers (two from India and three from Pakistan).

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