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India, Pakistan in Gunbattle Over Kashmir Border

Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire over their disputed border in Kashmir overnight in the first such clash since New Delhi accused Islamabad of instigating last week's attack on the Indian Parliament, an army spokesman said on Wednesday.


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Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire over their disputed border in Kashmir overnight in the first such clash since New Delhi accused Islamabad of instigating last week's attack on the Indian Parliament, an army spokesman said on Wednesday.

The spokesman accused Pakistani troops of opening heavy mortar and machine-gun fire at Indian positions, causing panic among nearby residents, along the Line of Control (LoC) -- the de facto border that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan.

Indian troops returned fire from their position in Nowshera, 420 km south-west of Indian Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar.

The spokesman said the Indian side suffered no casualties and that casualties among the Pakistanis could not be ascertained because it was night-time.

He said: 'The guns fell silent shortly before day break, and the calm is still prevailing along the LoC.'




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