{"id":14267,"date":"2016-11-01T11:57:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T11:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=14267"},"modified":"2016-11-01T11:57:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T11:57:50","slug":"india-pakistan-trade-border-fire-kashmir-7-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/india-pakistan-trade-border-fire-kashmir-7-killed.html","title":{"rendered":"India, Pakistan Trade Border Fire in Kashmir, 7 Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"

India, Pakistan Trade Border Fire in Kashmir, 7 Killed<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

India, Pakistan Trade Border Fire in Kashmir, 7 Killed:-<\/strong> Seven civilians were killed and nine others wounded by Pakistani shelling in Kashmir on Tuesday, Indian officials said, as cross-border firing by the two countries’ troops escalated in the disputed region.<\/span><\/p>\n

A police officer said five people, including two children, were killed by Pakistani shelling in Ramgarh sector. The officer spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with department policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Civil administrator Pawan Kotwal said two women also died in Rajouri sector in cross-border firing. He said at least nine civilians were injured.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kotwal said hundreds of civilians living in villages along the frontier have been evacuated to safer places in recent weeks and are spending nights in government-run shelters.<\/span><\/p>\n

An army officer and a border guard official in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir said Indian soldiers “befittingly” replied to what they described an “unprovoked” violation of a 2003 cease-fire accord.<\/span><\/p>\n

The officers, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media, said the exchange of fire was continuing at several places along the frontier.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Indian and Pakistani armies guard the Line of Control that divides the two parts of Kashmir. Each country also has a separate paramilitary border force that guards the frontier separating Indian-controlled Kashmir and the Pakistani province of Punjab.<\/span><\/p>\n

An Indian soldier was killed and four others were wounded when troops from the two nuclear-armed countries exchanged mortar and gunfire in Rajouri sector on Monday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also Monday, the Pakistani army said Indian troops opened fire across the Line of Control, killing four civilians and wounding six others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Troops from the two countries have regularly traded fire since last month, when India said it carried out “surgical strikes” against militants in the Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir. Pakistan dismissed the claim and called on India to produce evidence to back it up.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tensions have also escalated at the government level, and last week each nation expelled a diplomat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both sides accuse the other of initiating the firing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two of the three wars between India and Pakistan since 1947 have been fought over their competing claims to Kashmir. Each has administered part of Kashmir since 1947.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2016\/11\/01\/world\/asia\/ap-as-kashmir-india-pakistan.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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