India, Pakistan exchange fire at LoC's Bhimber sector

ISLAMABAD: Incidents of cross-border firing across the Line of Control (LoC) continue as
Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged fire in the Bhimber sector in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that Indian troops "resorted to
unprovoked firing" at 4am while the exchange of fire lasted for two hours.
"Pakistani troops befittingly responded to unprovoked Indian firing in the Baghsar, Broh and
Khanjar areas in Bhimber sector," ISPR said.
No loss of life has been reported from either side.
On Monday, three separate incidents of cross-border firing were reported in the Nezapir and
Kailer sectors and Iftikharabad, a town in Azad Kashmir.
Ties between Pakistan and India worsened after an attack on an Indian military camp in Uri
inside India-held Kashmir on Sept 18, where around 20 Indian soldiers were killed.
India alleged that Pakistan-backed terrorists were involved in the attack and initially claimed that
weapons recovered from them bore Pakistani markings. However, this assertion was debunked
by the Indian media itself, forcing the Indian DGMO to retract the claim.
Since then, exchange of fire has taken place along the LoC on an almost daily basis. The
escalation continued when India claimed it carried out "surgical strikes" across the control line
on Sept 29, claims Pakistan rejected as being baseless.