ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Thursday said Indian troops shot dead one of its soldiers just days after an officer was killed, as border tensions threaten to jeopardize efforts to improve relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
The Inter Services Public Relations said the incident occurred at 11:50am in the Rakh Chakri area close to Rawlakot in the Kashmir region. The soldier was identified as Habib.
An army captain was killed near Skardu and a soldier seriously wounded on Aug. 20, according to a Pakistani military official Wednesday, who asked not to be named as hes not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Todays incident followed the resolution against the unprovoked firing from the Indian army on the Line of Control that was passed in a session of the Pakistan National Assembly earlier in the day.
An officer was killed and a soldier was wounded by Indian firing along the LOC in Kashmir on Tuesday in the Batal, Nakyal areas near Skardu.
The Pakistani army retaliated by firing as well. The exchange of bullets continued until 2am on Wednesday.
Residents said the shelling from the Indian side had cut off villages in the Nakyal sector, leading to food and medicine shortages in the area. They added that they were also unable to shift the injured to Kotli for treatment.
Cross border firing had earlier injured three people in the locality.
Tension has been running high along one of the worlds most militarised borders in Kashmir since August 6 when five Indian soldiers were ambushed and killed while on a patrol. Agencies
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