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2 Soldiers, 6 Civilians killed In Indian-Pakistan Fighting

Indian and Pakistani soldiers have again targeted each other’s posts and villages along their volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least six civilians and two Pakistani troops.

According to officials today, Saturday, fighting resumed overnight yesterday, Friday as two Pakistani soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with Indian forces near the Line of Control that separates Kashmir between the rivals.

This was even as Indian police said that two siblings and their mother were killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir, adding that the three died after a shell fired by Pakistani soldiers hit their home in the Poonch region near the Line of Control. The children’s father was critically wounded.

Tensions have been running high since Indian aircraft crossed into Pakistan this past Tuesday, carrying out what India called a pre-emptive strike against militants blamed for a February 14 suicide bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed 40 Indian troops.

Pakistan retaliated, shooting down a fighter jet Wednesday and detaining its pilot, who was returned to India on Friday in a peace gesture.

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It marked the first fatalities for Pakistani troops since Wednesday, when tensions dramatically escalated between the nuclear-armed countries over Kashmir, which is split between them but claimed by both in its entirety.

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