Pakistan India Border Clashes Increasing
Pakistan India Border Clashes Increasing: The death toll in the 60 days India-Pakistan confrontation has increased to 16 when a mortar and gunfire battle between Pakistani and Indian forces along the Kashmir frontier killed five civilians on Wednesday.
The clashes started after the Indian forces martyred four members of the same family along the Working Boundary near Sialkot on Friday.
At least 80,000 people from dozens of villages along the 200- kilometre (125-mile) long border between the Jammu region in Indian-held Kashmir and Pakistan’s Punjab province have fled their homes since Friday.
The Indian and Pakistan militaries held talks this week but failed to calm one of the deadliest flare-ups this year.
An Indian police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the flare-up as a “war-like situation” in the affected districts of Samba, R.S Pura, Akhnoor and Arnia.
The Indian forces, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, targeted the civilian population. The firing prompted strong response from the Punjab Rangers, that targeted the posts where the fire was coming from.
Within hours of the latest border clashes, the Indian high commissioner was called to the Foreign Office by the acting foreign secretary.
Usually, Pakistan summons the deputy high commissioner. However, this time the Indian envoy was called in because of the severity of the ceasefire violation.
Another police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the flare-up as a “war-like situation” in the affected districts of Samba, R.S Pura, Akhnoor and Arnia.
The border where the clashes broke out is not disputed between the two nations, even though both lay claim to all of Kashmir.
The Himalayan territory has been divided between India and Pakistan since the end of British colonial rule in 1947.
Pakistan Rangers and Indian Border Security Force officers spoke by telephone on Monday. The rival militaries often accuse each other of initiating battles in violation of a 2003 border ceasefire.
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