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Pakistan denies Kashmir border firing
Pakistans army on Friday denied it had exchanged fire with Indian troops in the disputed Kashmir region. The Indian army said the troops exchanged small arms fire on Thursday when anti-India militants tried to cross the heavily militarised Line of Control (LoC) in the divided region from the Pakistani side. One militant was killed in the incident that took place in Poonch district, according to the Indian army. No incident of exchange of fire took place along the LoC in Poonch sector, the Pakistan army said in a statement.A Pakistan Army statement said that on January 25 at about 7pm, Indian Troops fired illuminating rounds followed by small arms fire in their own area across the Working Boundary in Jammu District. Pakistani Troops did not respond to the Indian fire, since it was on the Indian side although our troops heard the firing, they did not observe any movement along the Working Boundary; as has been claimed by the Indian Army spokesman, it said. Posted by: Fred 2007-01-27 |
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