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India Pakistani and Indian officers bid their troops personal traded fire in Kashmir in an replace that killed a boy in the Pakistan-managed share of the disputed Himalayan space
July 1, 2020, 12: 22 PM
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ISLAMABAD —
Pakistani and Indian troops personal traded fire in Kashmir in an replace that killed a boy in the Pakistan-managed share of the disputed Himalayan space, officers acknowledged Wednesday.
In a assertion, Pakistan’s military acknowledged India focused civilian residents with artillery, mortars and other weapons the old night in the border village of Lipa.
India, alternatively, blamed Pakistani troops for initiating the fireplace. Rajesh Kalia, an Indian military spokesperson, acknowledged Pakistani troops in an unprovoked stop-fire violation focused the villages of Naugam and Baramulla. He acknowledged the Indian facet replied adequately.
The two nuclear-armed worldwide locations fundamentally alternate fire in Kashmir, which is damage up between them nonetheless claimed by both in its entirety. Since gaining independence from British rule in 1947, the the 2 sides personal fought two of their three wars over Kashmir. India accuses Pakistan of helping separatists in its portion of Kashmir, a payment Pakistan denies.
Potentially the most modern lethal alternate came about hours after dozens of Indian and Pakistani diplomats and embassy team returned dwelling to India and Pakistan.
India had earlier ordered Pakistan to diminish its embassy team in Contemporary Delhi by half and recalled half of its possess embassy team in Islamabad, following the arrest of two of its embassy workers over a hit-and-bustle road accident.
Despite the uproar, Pakistan and India caught to an settlement to part — as they enact every July 1 — the updated lists of each other’s prisoners. Islamabad on Wednesday handed over the names of 324 Indian prisoners it holds whereas Contemporary Delhi handed over a list with the names of 362 Pakistani prisoners held in India.