India, Pakistan exchange gunfire in Kashmir after missile strikes, confirmed deaths rise to 43
Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged small arms and artillery fire overnight along the de facto border in contested Kashmir, the Indian army said yesterday.
The nuclear-armed rivals experienced their worst violence in two decades yesterday, after India launched deadly missile strikes on its neighbour, with days of repeated gunfire along their border escalating into artillery shelling.
India said its strikes yesterday had destroyed nine “terrorist camps” in Pakistan, two weeks after New Delhi blamed Islamabad for backing an attack on tourists in the Indian-administered side of disputed Kashmir — a charge Pakistan denies.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in an address to the nation late yesterday that Islamabad would “avenge” those killed by India.
(Source:MalayMail)
