Pakistan violates ceasefire in Karnah sector in Kupwara

Srinagar, Aug 16: Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Karnah sector in Kupwara district on Wednesday when the nation was celebrating 72nd Independence Day.

Official sources said Pakistani troops violated 2003 ceasefire and resorted to firing with automatic weapons, targeting forward posts and villages on this side of the LoC at Syed Pora in Karnah sector.

Indian troops also retaliated and the exchange of fire was still going on when the reports last came in.

Sources said Pakistani troops are resorting to firing to help militants to sneak into this side. However, troops are on high alert to foil any infiltration bid from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), where dozens of trained militants are waiting in launch pads to sneak into this side.

The Army on Tuesday said its troops killed two Pakistani soldiers during calibrated operations carried out in response to unprovoked ceasefire violation and repeated attempts to facilitate infiltration by Pakistani Army in Tangdhar sector in Kupwara.

A soldier, Sepoy Pushpendra Singh, was killed as the Army foiled an infiltration bid along the LoC in Tangdhar sector on Monday. Another Army soldier was killed in a blast near Rustom post in Uri sector in Baramulla district on Sunday evening.