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Pakistan army says Indian firing across LoC kills another soldier
Casualties rise to six in last 24 hours, says Pakistan army, adding that five Indian soldiers were killed on Thursday.
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Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over the disputed territory of Kashmir [File: Channi Anand/AP]
Pakistan's army has said Indian troops fired across the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed
Kashmir region, killing another soldier and bringing the death toll to six in less than 24 hours.
On Thursday,
Pakistan said at least three of its soldiers and five Indian soldiers were killed, in addition to two civilians on the Pakistan side, after a cross-border exchange of fire in the disputed region, prompting a denial by New Delhi that there were fatalities among its forces.
In a tweet on Friday, Pakistan army spokesman General Asif Ghafoor said "another brave son of soil lost his life in the line of duty" in Buttal town.
"Intermittent exchange of fire continues," Ghafoor tweeted on Thursday.
He confirmed to Al Jazeera that the casualty figure on Thursday included three civilians.
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In efforts to divert attention from precarious situation in IOJ&K,Indian Army increases firing along LOC.
3 Pakistani soldiers embraced shahadat. Pakistan Army responded effectively. 5 Indian soldiers killed, many injured, bunkers damaged. Intermittent exchange of fire continues.
An Indian army spokesperson denied the Pakistani army's statement on Thursday. "No casualties. This assertion is wrong," the spokesperson was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
In a statement quoted by news agencies, the Indian army said that from about 7am Pakistan violated a ceasefire between the two nations in the heavily militarised LoC.
Kashmir status scrapped
The developments come during a period of increasing tensions between
India and Pakistan after New Delhi's Hindu nationalist government last week revoked special status for Indian-administered Kashmir.
The decision by India blocks the right of the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir to frame its own laws and allows non-residents to buy property there.
Telephone lines, internet, and television networks have been blocked and there are restrictions on movement and assembly.