JammuOfficials said on Wednesday that Pakistani troops have been engaged in unsafe firing along with the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in several areas in four border districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
The firing, which began with small arms, was reported with IB in Jammu district from Pargwal region and Sunderbani and Nowshera regions in Rajouri district. It marked the sixth consecutive night by Pakistan on the sixth consecutive night by Pakistan, amidst increasing tension between New Delhi and Islamabad after a recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22 April.
A defense spokesperson in Jammu said, “On the night of 29-30 April, Pakistan’s army posts started fire of small weapons across the Line of Control, unlike Nowshera, Sundarbani and Akhnoor areas in the Union region of Jammu and Kashmir.”
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The spokesperson said the soldiers of the Indian Army responded rapidly and proportionally.
Similar incidents of unprotected small arms fire were also reported from Pakistani posts in Baramulla and Kupwara districts in Kashmir Valley and across IB in Paragwal region.
Initially, firing started in Kupwara and Baramulla districts and then spread to Poonch and Akhanur areas. It further proceeded in Sunderbani and Nowshera regions in Rajouri district, followed by firing with IB in Pargwal region of Jammu.
Since the night of 24 April, India suspended the Indus Water Treaty in response to the killing of 26 people in the Pahgam terror attack, Pakistani soldiers engaged in unprotected firing at various places with LOC in Jammu and Kashmir starting from the Kashmir Valley.
On the same day, Pakistan shut down its airspace for Indian airlines, suspended the trade and shut down the Vaga border crossing, and warned that any attempt to remove water under the Indus Water Treaty would be considered as “war work”.
India and Pakistan agreed to a fresh ceasefire in February 2021, when directors of military operations (DGMOS) of the two countries confirmed their commitment to the 2003 ceasefire agreement.
India shares a 3,323-km long border with Pakistan, including the International Border (IB), which up to about 2,400 km from Gujarat to Akhnoor in Jammu; 740-km long space from Jammu to Leh; And 110 km of actual ground position line (AGPL) in Siachen region. PTI AB AB oz oz
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