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Indian troops kill Pakistani soldier near Kashmir border

February 15, 2013 10:31
Indian troops shot dead a Pakistani soldier along the de facto border in the disputed Kashmir region in the first deadly exchange since a truce was agreed a month ago, officials said Friday. An Indian army spokesman said that the soldier had been killed in a firefight in which one Indian soldier was also wounded, and an AK47 rifle was discovered by his side when the body was recovered.

Pakistani killed in fresh clash with India in Kashmir

February 15, 2013 10:30
ISLAMABAD/JAMMU, India, Feb 15 (Reuters) - A Pakistani was killed after crossing into the Indian side of Kashmir, officials on both sides said on Friday, but their competing accounts indicated that tension remains high a month after the worst outbreak of violence in years in the disputed region. The Pakistani army said one of its soldiers on Thursday inadvertently strayed across the Line of Control (LoC) dividing the mountain territory.

Indian troops kill Pakistani soldier near Kashmir border

February 15, 2013 09:31
Indian troops shot dead a Pakistani soldier along the de facto border in the disputed Kashmir region in the first deadly exchange since a truce was agreed a month ago, officials said Friday. An Indian army spokesman said that the soldier had been killed in a firefight in which one Indian soldier was also wounded, and an AK47 rifle was discovered by his side when the body was recovered.

Indian troops kill Pakistani soldier near Kashmir border

February 15, 2013 05:49
Indian troops shot dead a Pakistani soldier along the de facto border in the disputed Kashmir region in the first deadly exchange since a truce was agreed a month ago, officials said Friday. An Indian army spokesman said that the soldier had been killed in a firefight, in which one Indian soldier was also wounded, and an AK47 rifle was discovered by his side when the body was recovered.

UPDATE 4-Protests erupt as India executes man for 2001 parliament attack

February 9, 2013 02:30
(Adds comment from brother, 36 hurt in protests, protest in Pakistani Kashmir) By Matthias Williams NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - India hanged a Kashmiri man on Saturday for an attack on the country's parliament in 2001, sparking clashes in Kashmir between protesters and police who wielded batons and fired teargas. Dozens of people were injured.

INTERVIEW-Pakistan urges India to cool rhetoric over Kashmir

January 17, 2013 16:00
* Envoy says "Pakistan bashing" has become popular in India * Again offers foreign minister-level talks to cool tensions * Rules out link between mass protests and border clashes By John Chalmers NEW DELHI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan urged India on Thursday to tone down the "Pakistan bashing" over a spate of military clashes in Kashmir between the nuclear-armed neighbours, and again offered foreign minister-level talks to try to cool tensions.

UPDATE 3-India army chief threatens Pakistan over Kashmir killings

January 14, 2013 07:00
* Tensions escalate over fighting in Kashmir border area * Army chief says India soldiers will retaliate if provoked * Worst Pakistan, India violence in region since 2003 * Each nuclear-armed side blames the other for hostilities By Sanjeev Miglani

UPDATE 1-India's army chief turns up heat on Pakistan, says can retaliate

January 14, 2013 04:15
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI, Jan 14 (Reuters) - India's army chief accused Pakistan on Monday of detailed planning of an attack along Kashmir's de factor border last week in which two soldiers were killed and said India reserved the right to retaliate. The comments, which came as public anger mounts over the decapitation of one of the slain soldiers, appear certain to further inflame tensions between the nuclear-armed enemies.

Indian, Pakistan soldiers to hold talks on rising Kashmir violence

January 13, 2013 08:30
By Arup Roychoudhury and Ashok Pahalwan NEW DELHI/JAMMU, India, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Military officials from India and Pakistan will hold talks on Monday at the Line of Control, which divides disputed Kashmir, in a bid to defuse tensions after a series of deadly attacks in the region, Indian army officials said. Four soldiers were killed last week in the worst outbreak of violence in Kashmir since the nuclear-armed neighbours agreed a ceasefire nearly a decade ago.

A grandmother, a new bunker lead to India-Pakistan clashes

January 11, 2013 07:45
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A grandmother who slipped across one of the world's most guarded frontiers and a new border post being built in response could have been the catalysts for the worst flare-up between the armies of India and Pakistan since 2003, a newspaper report and a resident said. At least four soldiers, two from each side, have been killed in clashes since last Sunday in disputed Kashmir, where the nuclear-armed enemies are separated by a Line of Control (LoC) set up in 1948.
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