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Pakistan rangers targeted Indian outposts near Tavi in RS Pura sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, a day when cricket teams from the two nations clashed in their opening match of the World Cup — a tie billed as “war without guns”.
Television news channels reported the ceasefire violation early on Sunday was the third in the past 24 hours. Indian forces retaliated to the firing, the news reports said.
The ceasefire violations came after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rang up his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Friday to wish his cricket team luck ahead of the match between the arch-rivals. Experts said India hoped to use the sporting contest to rebuild troubled relations between the two nations.
In 2011, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had invited his Pakistan counterpart to watch a game of cricket in India and discuss reviving a peace process. The “cricket diplomacy” had offered more symbolic gestures than any breakthroughs in a conflict that has lasted for more than sixty-five years.
Pak army fires at Indian posts on day of electric World Cup clash
Television news channels reported the ceasefire violation early on Sunday was the third in the past 24 hours. Indian forces retaliated to the firing, the news reports said.
The ceasefire violations came after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rang up his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Friday to wish his cricket team luck ahead of the match between the arch-rivals. Experts said India hoped to use the sporting contest to rebuild troubled relations between the two nations.
In 2011, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had invited his Pakistan counterpart to watch a game of cricket in India and discuss reviving a peace process. The “cricket diplomacy” had offered more symbolic gestures than any breakthroughs in a conflict that has lasted for more than sixty-five years.
Pak army fires at Indian posts on day of electric World Cup clash