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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Indian forces exchanged fire across their border at the weekend, a Pakistani spokesman said on Monday, the latest in a series of incidents raising tension between the nuclear-armed countries.
In the latest incident, Indian forces using automatic weapons opened unprovoked firing on Pakistani positions in the Sialkot area, north of the city Lahore, on Sunday night, a Pakistani paramilitary force spokesman said.
Our soldiers strongly retaliated and forced them to stop firing, Rangers spokesman Nadeem Raza said.
We have decided to forcefully respond if they resort to firing again.
But a spokesman for the Indian border guards told Reuters the exchange was provoked by a militant attack.
A group of terrorists, attempting to infiltrate, fired at Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, our troops fired in retaliation to stop the infiltrators, Vinod Sharma said. The exchange of fire continued for sometime.
Last week, Indian officials said one of their soldiers was killed in firing across the Line of Control, which separates the two sides in the disputed Kashmir region, to the north of the Sialkot area.
Two days earlier, the two sides traded accusations of firing across their border near Lahore.
The border firing underlines the fragility of ties of between the countries.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Pakistan accuses India of "unprovoked" border fire
In the latest incident, Indian forces using automatic weapons opened unprovoked firing on Pakistani positions in the Sialkot area, north of the city Lahore, on Sunday night, a Pakistani paramilitary force spokesman said.
Our soldiers strongly retaliated and forced them to stop firing, Rangers spokesman Nadeem Raza said.
We have decided to forcefully respond if they resort to firing again.
But a spokesman for the Indian border guards told Reuters the exchange was provoked by a militant attack.
A group of terrorists, attempting to infiltrate, fired at Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, our troops fired in retaliation to stop the infiltrators, Vinod Sharma said. The exchange of fire continued for sometime.
Last week, Indian officials said one of their soldiers was killed in firing across the Line of Control, which separates the two sides in the disputed Kashmir region, to the north of the Sialkot area.
Two days earlier, the two sides traded accusations of firing across their border near Lahore.
The border firing underlines the fragility of ties of between the countries.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Pakistan accuses India of "unprovoked" border fire