8 injured as Indian, Pakistani forces trade fire in Kashmir
At least eight people have sustained injuries when Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire along the de facto border in Kashmir during the latest flare-up of cross-border violence between the two sides.
Pakistani sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Indian troops struck Pakistani positions in Makwal Kalan town of Ghazi Khan district in Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab on Sunday morning, leaving two members of a family injured.
The wounded were transported to a hospital in the city of Sialkot, located 192 kilometers (119 miles) east of the capital, Islamabad.
Four other people were injured in a similar incident in the Kothaychak area of the same district.
Meanwhile, Indian media said at least two civilians were injured during overnight border clashes in the Samba sector of the Indian-administered Kashmir.
Pakistan and India have been engaged in hostility over Kashmir ever since their independence from the British rule and their partition in 1947. The two neighbors have fought two wars over the mountainous Himalayan region as the archrivals lay claim over the entire territory but each control parts of it. Pakistan controls one-third of Kashmir, with the remaining two-thirds is under India’s control.
Islamabad and New Delhi agreed on a ceasefire in 2003, and launched a peace process the following year. Since then, there have been sporadic clashes with both sides accusing the other of violating the ceasefire.
Thousands of people have been killed in the unrest in Kashmir over the past two decades.
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