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India and Pakistan have traded heavy gunfire and mortars in the disputed Kashmir region, killing at least eight civilians and injuring several dozen others.
Indian army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Manish Mehta said Pakistani troops have fired on Indian positions in the Balakote and Poonch sectors, killing six civilians since August 15.
At least 17 others were wounded. The Pakistani Army said in a statement that two civilians had been killed and two others wounded in the fighting.
The two countries have been exchanging heavy fire across the Line of Control almost daily for the past week.
The nuclear-armed South Asian rivals have a history of uneasy relations.
They fought two of their three wars over Kashmir since gaining independence from Britain in 1947. Kashmir — a divided region today — is claimed by both countries.

Jammu and Kashmir: Fresh ceasefire violation by Pakistan; 6 killed, 20 injured

Pakistani troops contiued the heavy firing and mortar shelling at Indian posts on Sunday violating the ceasefire. The offensive was carried on even in civilian areas killing at least six civilians including a sarpanch in multiple ceasefire violations along the LoC at Balakot region in Poonch district.
As per latest reports, Pakistan violated ceasefire in Kanga Gali, Manjakote sector (Rajouri, J&K). Three civilians have been injured and admitted to Rajouri Hospital.
 
Nisar Ahmad Wani, an administrator near the Line of Control, a ceasefire line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, in Indian-controlled Poonch district, said a woman was killed when a shell landed in her kitchen as she was preparing breakfast for her family. "Five civilians, including a 12-year-old child, were killed in Pakistan firing and nine people were injured on Saturday."
Smoke rises behind from a mortar shell fired by Pakistani troops as Indian villagers sit during the funeral of Indian civilian Sarpanch Karamat Hussain who was killed in Pakistani shelling at Balakot sector in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Aug.16, 201

Smoke rises behind from a mortar shell fired by Pakistani troops as Indian villagers sit during the funeral of Indian civilian Sarpanch Karamat Hussain who was killed in Pakistani shelling at Balakot sector in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Aug.16, 201
 

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Indian and Pakistani troops intensified firing along their disputed frontier in Kashmir, killing at least eight people and wounding 14, officials said on Sunday.
Frontier clashes have intensified in recent months and the latest violence will put more strain on ties between the nuclear-armed rivals, who are scheduled to hold talks between top security officials on August 23-24 in New Delhi.

Nisar Ahmad Wani, an administrator near the Line of Control, a cease-fire line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, in Indian-controlled Poonch district, said a woman was killed when a shell landed in her kitchen as she was preparing breakfast for her family.
"Five civilians, including a 12-year-old child, were killed in Pakistan firing and nine people were injured on Saturday."


Daughter of Indian civilian Sarpanch Karamat Hussain who was killed in Pakistani shelling mourns at Balakot sector in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Aug.16, 2015.

Daughter of Indian civilian Sarpanch Karamat Hussain who was killed in Pakistani shelling mourns at Balakot sector in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Aug.16, 2015.
Officials in Pakistan said two civilians were killed and five wounded in firing by Indian forces.
The latest mortar and gunfire exchanges intensified on Friday when Pakistan marked Independence Day, a day before India's celebrations to mark freedom from British rule in 1947.
The two countries have fought three wars since independence, two over Kashmir, and relations chilled again after the election of the right-winger Narendra Modi as Indian prime minister last year.


                           
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and India traded heavy gunfire on Friday, killing one person and forcing villagers in divided Kashmir to flee to safety even as the Pakistani president renewed his offer of talks with India to resolve the issue of the disputed region.
 
A Pakistani woman was killed and her two daughters and husband were wounded when an Indian mortar struck their home in the Nezapir sector of the divided region, the Pakistani military said.
The two nuclear-armed archrivals have a history of uneasy relations and regularly exchange fire over the disputed boundary, the latest coming as Pakistan celebrated Independence Day.
Pakistan won independence from Britain on Aug. 14, 1947, and marks the date each year with rallies and other celebrations.
In a televised speech on Friday, Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain said his nation believes in "peaceful co-existence" with India, though it would not comprise if its defense and security came under threat.
"We want to resolve all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, with India," he told a gathering of students, government and military officials in the capital, Islamabad.
Mohammad Ansar, a local police official in Pakistan's part of Kashmir said rockets and mortars fired by Indian were landing near villages in the two sectors since the morning hours and that terrified villagers were fleeing to safer places.
However, Indian army spokesman Lt. Col. Manish Mehta blamed Pakistan, saying the Pakistanis have been firing mortars, grenades and machine-guns at Indian positions in the Poonch sector "intermittently for the last five days."
"We've given them a befitting reply," he said, denouncing what he called "unprovoked, ceasefire violations" by Pakistan.

By: Syed Zaheer Abbas Kazmi

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