Sunday, May 23, 2010

Pakistanis, Indians clash in Kashmir, one dead



Indian troop fired across the de facto border in the disputed Himalaya region of Kashmir, killing a Pakistani soldier in the latest flare between the nuclear rivals, Pakistan's army said Sunday.

An Indian army spokesman Indian force had been fired at first.

Relations between the neighbors have fought three wars since 1947, went into a freezer after the Pakistan-based militants attack the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, killing 166 people.

But the countries' prime ministers met on the sidelines of a regional conference in Bhutan last month and agreed to get negotiations started again to resolve their disputes.

The Pakistani army said Indian troops opened "gratuitous" fire over the so-called Line of Control (LOC) - sharing Kashmir between India and Pakistan - in the Battal sector of Rawalakot district of Pakistan, killing one soldier.

"Intermittent firing sustained in the sector, says the army in a declaration.

A strong protest was presented with India and an immediate meeting governor in the area had become necessary.

Indian army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Biplab Nath said that there had been no wounded on the Indian side.

"We were fired on and our troops vengeance. The swap of fire sustained for some time," he said.

India says often flare-ups at Loc runs from Pakistan's side to create a interruption for the militants to slip into Indian Kashmir to take part in a revolt against Indian rule in the Muslim bulk region.

Nath said that it was not clear whether the militants or the Pakistani soldiers in progress to shoot, which took place in the similar area where two Indian soldiers were killed on 18 May in the crossfire.

Pakistan supports what they call a liberty move violently of Kashmiris against what it sees as the atrocious and illegal profession of Indian region.

But it denies arming the guerrillas who have been fighting Indian forces because 1989.

India says Pakistan arms of militant and pushing them into Indian Kashmir, while distribution some people to launch attacks in Indian cities.

One end of the 2003 ceasefire flanked by the two sides across the border in Kashmir has largely kept even though there have been several exchanges of fire in the precedent year.

The latest occurrence is not expected to derail the resumption of discussions prime ministers agreed last month. Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Lord Krishna is due to visit Pakistan in July.

United States wants to see an easing of tension between neighbors, so that Pakistan can turn his attention from the border with India and focus on tackling Islamic insurgents in the western border with Afghanistan.

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