Indian and Pakistani troopers have exchanged gunfire and shelling alongside their extremely militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing an Indian border guard
ByThe Related Press
November 9, 2023, 4:23 AM
New recruited Indian Border Safety Drive troopers take oath throughout their commencement parade ceremony in Humhama, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian managed Kashmir, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. A complete of 599 recruits had been formally inducted into the BSF through the ceremony. (AP Picture/Dar Yasin)
The Related Press
SRINAGAR, India — Indian and Pakistani troopers exchanged gunfire and shelling alongside their extremely militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing an Indian border guard, officers mentioned Thursday.
Authorities within the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir mentioned Pakistani troopers fired mortars and machine weapons at border posts within the southern Jammu space on Wednesday night time, calling it “unprovoked.”
India’s Border Safety Drive mentioned in a press release that its troopers “befittingly responded” and that one in every of its border guards was killed.
The combating ended early Thursday.
There was no speedy remark from Pakistan. All sides usually accuses the opposite of beginning border skirmishes within the Himalayan area, which each declare in its entirety.
Final month, two Indian border guards and three civilians had been injured in combating alongside the fronter with Pakistan.
India and Pakistan have a protracted historical past of bitter relations over Kashmir. They’ve fought two of their three wars since 1947 over their competing claims to the area. Within the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, militants have fought towards Indian rule since 1989. In 2003, the 2 nations agreed on a cease-fire that has largely held regardless of common skirmishes.
The nuclear-armed nations’ contended frontier features a 740-kilometer (460-mile) rugged and mountainous stretch referred to as the Line of Management that’s guarded by their armies.
Each nations even have separate paramilitary border forces guarding their considerably outlined, lower-altitude 200-kilometer (125-mile) boundary separating Indian-controlled Kashmir and the Pakistani province of Punjab.
In 2021, the 2 nations reaffirmed their 2003 cease-fire accord after months of near-daily combating that killed scores on each side in Kashmir.
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