+4:3 India accuses Pakistan of firing on Indian border posts in Kashmir, funeral, injured soldiers

Описание: (23 Oct 2013) India on Wednesday accused Pakistani troops of firing guns and mortars on at least 50 Indian border posts overnight in disputed Kashmir, calling it the most serious cease-fire violation between the nuclear-armed neighbours in a decade.
A Border Security Force spokesman said the attacks began on Tuesday night in southern Kashmir after India's home minister visited the region to review security.
Indian troops returned fire, but one guard was killed and six were injured by a shell fired at the Arnia post in the Jammu region, he said.
A funeral was held for the dead soldier on Wednesday in Jammu City.
Dharmendra Parekh of the Indian Border Security Force said that since October 17 there had been "nine injuries, not very serious, one death".
Some of those injured in Tuesday night's attack are still being treated. One injured soldier described the fighting as "fierce".
At least 100 civilians were being moved from the villages of Arnia and Ramgarh near the frontier, a local Indian police officer said.
Hundreds more were sheltering overnight in government camps away from any gunfire, which officials said had injured 12 civilians in recent days.
While nearly 200 smaller violations of the 2003 cease-fire agreement have been reported this year, the Indian Border Security Force called the latest skirmishes the most serious in a decade.
In most cases, India or Pakistan accuses the other of initiating the fighting.
India also regularly accuses Pakistan of supporting Kashmiri rebels who have been fighting in Indian-administered Kashmir since 1989 for independence or a merger with Pakistan.
An estimated 68,000 people have been killed in the conflict, though most resistance is now shown through street protests.
Pakistan denies giving any backing to the rebels beyond moral support.
Both India and Pakistan, however, have reported an increase in the number of cross-border attacks since the current Pakistani and Indian prime ministers held their first face-to-face meeting last month in New York and agreed on the need to reduce tensions.

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