Pakistan violates ceasefire again
Jammu, Aug 13: Pakistani troops fired at Indian positions in Mendhar sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district late Monday night, a defence spokesman said Tuesday.
"Pakistani
troops
again
violated
the
bilateral
ceasefire
by
resorting
to
unprovoked
firing
at
our
positions
in
Mendhar
sector
of
the
LoC
last
night
(Monday),"
the
spokesman
said.
"The Pakistani firing started around 10.30 p.m. and our troops responded to the enemy fire," he said.
On Aug 11, Pakistanis fired at Indian positions in Digwar village of Poonch district, and the exchange of fire continued for more than six hours.
On Aug 6, specialist troops of the Pakistan Army killed five Indian soldiers in Chakan-Da-Bagh sector of the LoC in Poonch district.
A bilateral ceasefire agreement was signed by India and Pakistan in November 2003.
IANS