Kashmir: at least eight killed as Pakistan and India resume hostilities
2019-03-03 09:46:23 source：The Guardian
March 2, 2019
Indian and Pakistani soldiers have targeted each other’s posts and villages along the volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least six civilians and two Pakistani troops, officials said.
Tensions have been running high since Indian aircraft crossed into Pakistan on Tuesday, carrying out what India called a pre-emptive strike against militants blamed for a 14 February suicide bombing that killed 40 Indian troops. Pakistan retaliated, shooting down a fighter jet on Wednesday and detaining its pilot, who was returned to India on Friday in what Islamabad described as a peace gesture.
Fighting resumed, however, overnight on Friday. Pakistan’s military said two of its soldiers had been killed in an exchange of fire with Indian forces near the line of control that divides Kashmir between the rivals. They were the first Pakistani fatalities since Wednesday, when tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours over Kashmir escalated dramatically. Control over Kashmir is split between them but both claim it in its entirety.
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