“During the night … Pakistan army poles used unlikely fire using light weapons and artillery cannons through the loc (the control line) in opposite areas to Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri and Akhoror in Jammu and Kashmir,” said the army in a statement, the addition had “replied proportionally”.
Diplomats and world leaders have put pressure on the two countries to step back from the edge.
“I want to see them stop,” said US President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to meet his Indian counterpart subrahmanyam Jaishankar Thursday in New Delhi, a few days after his visit to Pakistan, while Tehran seeks to mediate between the two parties.
India and Pakistan have fought several times since the violent end of British domination in 1947, when the colonial officers established borders in a straight line on the maps to partition the nations, dividing the communities.
Muslim majority cashmere – affirmed by India and Pakistan – was a repeated flash point.
