Pakistani Rangers patrol along the Pakistan-India border area of Wagah. (File photo)
Pakistan military says Indian troops have crossed the boundary between the two sides’ forces in Kashmir and killed a soldier.
The military’s public relations office said in a statement that troops from neighboring India attacked a Pakistani border post in Kashmir on Sunday.
Another Pakistani soldier was critically wounded in the incident, the statement added.
According to the statement, the incident happened in the “line of control” that divides the Indian and Pakistani sides of Kashmir.
India has not responded to the accusation yet.
On January 15, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said there cannot be “business as usual” between India and Pakistan “after the barbaric” killing of two Indian soldiers, who were killed by Pakistani troops earlier in the month.
“What has happened is unacceptable. Those responsible for this crime will have to be brought to book,” he added.
Kashmir lies at the heart of more than 60 years of hostility between India and Pakistan. Both countries claim the region in full but each only has control over a section of the territory.
Over the past two decades, the conflict in Kashmir has left over 47,000 people dead by the official count, although other sources say the death toll could be as high as 90,000.
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