India/Pakistan/Kashmir: Indian and Pakistani Troops Clash Again on Kashmir Line

Oct 8, 2014 | Hari Kumar, New York Times
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NEW DELHI — Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged heavy gunfire overnight Tuesday, after days of fighting that has left at least 17 civilians dead and dozens wounded on both sides of the Kashmiri frontier.Each country blames the other for violating a longstanding cease-fire, and neither has begun a meeting of commanders at the border, the traditional mechanism for de-escalating such standoffs.Pakistani officials said that Indian forces began firing without provocation on Tuesday night, hitting villages near the boundary between the two sides, and that a woman died on Wednesday of injuries sustained overnight. Pakistani news media reported the death of another civilian hit during the day on Wednesday.