Cross-border fire kills 3 Pakistani, 5 Indian soldiers in Kashmir
(VOVWORLD) - Pakistan said on Thursday that three of its soldiers and five Indian troops were killed in a cross-border exchange of fire in the contested Kashmir region, one of the deadliest clashes between the rival armies this year.
Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over the disputed territory of Kashmir (Photo: AP)
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Indian forces have increased firing along the contested border known as the Line of Control (LOC), Major General Asif Ghafoor, the chief spokesman of the Pakistan armed forces, said in a tweet.
Kashmir, a majority-Muslim region in the north, has been partitioned between the two countries since 1947. It’s been a major hot spot ever since, sparking deadly clashes as both sides vie for more control.