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Army denies Indian claim of 'assault' on Pakistani posts along LoC
[DAWN] Pakistain Army on Tuesday denied claims by the Indian Army that the latter had carried out an 'operation' on Pak posts along the Line of Control (LoC)."Indian claims of destroying Pak post along LoC in Naushera Sector and firing by Pakistain Army on civilians across LoC are false," Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet. Indian Army had claimed that it had recently carried out "punitive fire assaults" on Pakistain's posts along the LoC in a bid to prevent "infiltrators" from entering India, Hindustan Times had reported earlier. A heavily edited video was also circulated widely in Indian media to 'substantiate' the claim. "Pak Army has been providing full support to infiltrators by engaging Indian Army posts," the daily quoted Indian Army Maj Gen Ashok Narula as saying in a briefing. Narula further claimed that damage had been caused to the posts in question and added that the purpose of the Indian army's 'engagement' was to "bring down the number of bully boyz in Kashmire so that local youth are not encouraged to take up arms". Posted by: Fred 2017-05-24 |
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