Indian troops exchanged fire with Pakistani soldiers along the highly militarized border of their two countries in cashmere, according to Indian officials.
Pakistani soldiers shot an Indian station in cashmere on Thursday, Indian officials said. Indian troops retaliated. No victim has been reported.
The Ministry of Pakistan Foreign Affairs refused to comment on the report.
The shooting intervenes in the middle of the arrow tensions between the nuclear rivals following a fatal attack against tourists in cashmere on Tuesday that killed 26 people. India described it as a “terrorist attack” with alleged “transfrontalities” ties, accusing Pakistan of supporting it.
The government of Pakistan denied any link with the attack, which was then claimed by the militant group “Cashmere Resistance”.
The cashmere has seen many border skirmishes in the pastWith India and Pakistan claiming the region in its entirety.
The United Nations exhorted the two countries “to exercise maximum compression and to ensure that the situation and the developments that we have seen does not deteriorate more”.
“Any problem between Pakistan and India, we believe that we can be and should be resolved peacefully, thanks to a significant mutual commitment,” said a statement published on Friday.
Diplomatic clashes
India announced diplomatic actions against Pakistan following the Kashmir attack.
Wednesday, New Delhi suspended a treaty of water sharing several decades with Pakistan, closed the only passage to the land border and reduced diplomatic staff.
A day later, India Revived all visas Delivered to Pakistani nationals, in force this Sunday.
Pakistan responded Thursday by canceling visas for Indian citizens, closing its airspace to airlines belonging to Indians and interrupting all bilateral trade, including goods transported in third countries.
He also warned that any Indian attempt to stop or divert the flow of water would be considered as an “act of war” and encountered “full force through the full spectrum” of Pakistan national power.
