Tensions escalating in Kashmir after Indian soldiers killed in Pakistani firing


Vendors and buyers trading for fruits and vegetables at a wholesale market in Srinagar on Saturday (May 2). Two Indian soldiers were killed and another wounded in Pakistani firing in Kashmir, the Indian military said Saturday, as tensions continue escalating along the volatile and highly militarised frontier between the archrivals in the disputed Himalayan region. - AFP

SRINAGAR: Two Indian soldiers were killed and another wounded in Pakistani firing in Kashmir, the Indian military said Saturday (MAy 2), as tensions continue escalating along the volatile and highly militarised frontier between the archrivals in the disputed Himalayan region.

Pakistani soldiers late Friday targeted forward posts in the western Uri area along the Line of Control dividing Kashmir between the two countries, said Col. Rajesh Kalia, an Indian army spokesman.

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