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| Pakistan warns against 'aggression' amid Kashmir tensions |
| 2014-10-19 |
| [ARABNEWS] Pakistain's powerful army chief vowed Saturday to thwart any "aggression" against the country, in a thinly veiled warning to archrival India after a spate of deadly cross-border firing incidents in the disputed Kashmire region. At least 20 civilians have been killed and thousands on both sides of the de facto border have fled their homes since October 6, which marked the beginning of some of the worst frontier shelling in years. "Sentiments of goodwill and amity notwithstanding, let there be no doubt that any aggression against our beloved country will get a befitting response and no sacrifice will be too great in this sacred cause," The Mighty Pak Army chief Raheel Sharif said, in an apparent swipe at India. The nuclear-armed neighbors, who have fought two wars over Moslem-majority Kashmire, have traded blame for the recent violence in the disputed Himalayan region. "We persistently seek peace in the region and beyond," Sharif said while addressing a parade at a military academy near Islamabad. But "lasting peace in the region will only come about with the fair and just resolution of Kashmire issue," he added. Pakistain's military on Tuesday said it had voiced concern to India at continued firing across the Kashmire frontier and in Punjab province when bigwigs from both sides spoke via a special hotline. Clashes occur regularly along the disputed border known as Line of Control (LOC) as well as along the frontier dividing Indian Kashmire from Pakistain's Punjab province. |
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