India summons Pakistan official to protest Poonch killings
New Delhi, Aug 6: India on Tuesday summoned Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner Mansoor Ahmad Khan and lodged a strong protest over the killing of five Indian soldiers in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.
Khan
was
summoned
by
the
government
in
the
afternoon
and
a
protest
lodged,
informed
sources
said.
Five Indian soldiers were killed and a sixth was wounded when Pakistani troops crossed the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district late Monday and ambushed an Indian army patrol.
The killings threaten to cast a shadow on India-Pakistan's resumed dialogue talks to be held later this month.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his new Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif are to meet in New York in September.
IANS
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