Pakistani Woman Dies In Indian Shelling: Official

Islamabad, Aug 26, IRNA – Pakistani officials say that Indian troops have killed a Pakistani woman in a latest incident of shelling along the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region. An Indian mortal landed on a house in Kotli district early Sunday, Assistant Commissioner in the area, Ayub Khan, told the media persons. He said the firing in Nikyal sector also injured a child. The mortar also caused damage to the house. Khan said Indian troops resorted to unprovoked shelling in the morning and shells also hit civilian houses along the LoC, which divides the two countries in Kashmir region. There have been escalations along the LoC in recent days despite a ceasefire declared by both countries in 2003. Both accuse each other of the ceasefire violations as exchange of fire claimed lives of soldiers of both countries. Pakistan army says that Indian troops Thursday killed a soldier, second soldier died in Indian firing in three days. Indian army also accuses Pakistani forces of shelling and killing several soldiers./end