Indian and Pakistani troops trade border fire: officials

ISLAMABAD: Indian and Pakistani troops traded cross-border fire Sunday, officials said, the latest in a series of clashes that began earlier this month and have claimed at least 20 civilian lives.No...

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October 19, 2014

Indian and Pakistani troops trade border fire: officials

ISLAMABAD: Indian and Pakistani troops traded cross-border fire Sunday, officials said, the latest in a series of clashes that began earlier this month and have claimed at least 20 civilian lives.

No one was injured in the latest incident, which according to a Pakistani army statement began when Indian troops resorted to "unprovoked" fire across the border that separates Indian-held Kashmir and Pakistan´s Punjab province.

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