Tensions soar along Indian, Pakistan frontier in Kashmir

19/1/2018 18:35

        Tensions have soared along the volatile frontier between India and Pakistan in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, as rival troops continued shelling villages and border posts for a third day Friday.
        
        Officials in the two countries said, in the latest clash, three civilians were killed on both sides.
        
        Indian police officer S.D. Singh said two civilians died and at least 10 were injured in Indian-controlled Kashmir. According to Pakistani officials, Indian fire on Friday killed a civilian and wounded nine others in Sialkot in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province.
        
        An Indian paramilitary officer said soldiers were responding to Pakistani firing and shelling on dozens of border posts and called it an "unprovoked" violation of the 2003 cease-fire accord.