India And Pakistan Agree To De-Escalate Border Tensions

India, Pakistan To 'De-Escalate' Tensions -- The Australian

INDIA'S army has reached an "understanding" with Pakistan to "de-escalate" military tensions in Kashmir after a recent deadly flare-up in the disputed border region, a spokesman says.

"An understanding has been arrived at between the two director-generals of military operations to de-escalate the situation along the Line of Control (LoC)," army spokesman Jagdeep Dahiya said in reference to a de facto border in Kashmir.

Dahiya said that the two sides' senior military commanders had spoken for 10 minutes over the telephone where they reached their agreement.

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More News On India And Pakistan Agreeing To 'De-Escalate' Tensions On Their Border

Kashmir crisis: India and Pakistan agree 'de-escalation' -- BBC
India, Pakistan to 'de-escalate' border tensions, Army says -- Times of India/AFP
India, Pakistan agree to ease tensions in Kashmir -- US News and World Report/AP
Top military commanders of India and Pakistan agree not to escalate tension along LoC -- India Today
India, Pakistan agree to reduce border tensions: army -- Livemint
Pakistan must take 'certain steps' for de-escalation of tension, India says -- Times of India
Pakistan orders its troops to maintain restraint, observe ceasefire at Line of Control -- NDTV
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar offers talks with India to defuse tension -- NDTV/Press Trust of India

India - Pakistan Border Clashes Resume Again

One Soldier Killed In 'Unprovoked Firing': Pakistan Army -- Times of India

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani army today said one of its soldiers was killed in "unprovoked firing" along the Line of Control.

A statement from the army's media arm alleged that Indian troops violated the ceasefire on the LoC and "carried out unprovoked firing" in Hotspring and Jandrot sectors.

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My Comment: On the same day that the Indian PM is accusing Pakistan of restarting hostilities .... we have more border skirmishes and ceasefire violations. Why the border skirmishes now .... I suspect that it has something to do with this, and a Pakistani government that is now finding itself under seige.

Update: US worried over Indo-Pak LoC tension -- Times of India

India Army Chief Threatens Retaliation Against Pakistan For Recent Border Clashes

India Army Chief Threatens Pakistan Over Kashmir Killings -- Reuters

(Reuters) - India's army chief threatened to retaliate against Pakistan for the killing of two soldiers in fighting near the border of the disputed region of Kashmir, saying he had asked his commanders there to be aggressive in the face of provocation.

General Bikram Singh's remarks come amid mounting public anger in India after Delhi accused Pakistani soldiers of slitting the throat of one of the soldiers and decapitating him.


Despite each side blaming the other for the worst outbreak of violence in the area since a ceasefire was agreed nine years ago, analysts said a breakdown in ties was highly unlikely.

The two nations have fought three wars, two over Kashmir, since independence in 1947 and are now both nuclear-armed.

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More News On The Escalation Of Tensions Between India And Pakistan

India Could Retaliate Against Pakistan for Beheading, Army Chief Says -- New York Times
India’s army chief blames Pakistan for Kashmir attack, warns of possible retaliation -- Washington Post/AP
India alleges Pakistan cross-border attack was 'pre-planned,' warns of retaliation -- NBC/Reuters
India Orders 'Aggressive' Response to Kashmir Provocation -- Voice of America
India, Pakistan Trade Accusations Over Recent Kashmir Deaths -- Radio Free Europe
India, Pakistan armies trade protests over deadly exchanges -- Gulf News/AFP
Pakistan protests to India over ceasefire violations -- The Nation/AFP
Meeting between India and Pakistan comes to naught on border issues -- Global Post
India, Pakistan trade charges at flag meet as Gen Singh warns of retaliation -- IBN Live
India, Pakistan Army Officers in Talks to Defuse Kashmir Clashes -- Bloomberg Businessweek

My Comment: These attacks are not minor skirmishes .... they are all out engagements on some parts of the border (see above video). This can quickly get out of control.

More Border Clashes Between India And Pakistan

Pakistan Soldier In Kashmir 'Killed By Indian Troops' -- BBC

A Pakistani soldier has been killed by "unprovoked" firing by Indian troops near the Line of Control that divides the disputed territory of Kashmir, Pakistan's military says.

However, an Indian army spokesman said it was responding to Pakistani fire.

It is the third such incident in five days, following the deaths of two Indian soldiers on Tuesday and a Pakistani soldier on Sunday.

Claimed by both countries, Kashmir has been a flashpoint for over 60 years.

The United States on Wednesday urged the nuclear-armed rivals to ease tension in the area.

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More News On Additional Border Clashes Between India And Pakistan

Pakistan says soldier killed amid worsening Kashmir violence -- Reuters
Pakistani soldier killed by Indian gunfire across disputed Kashmir border -- Washington Post/AP
Indians, Pakistanis clash again in divided Kashmir -- L.A. Times
Pakistan says Indian fire kills Pakistani soldier -- AFP
Pakistan Says Indian Troops Kill Pakistani Soldier in Kashmir -- Voice of America
India, Pakistan armies exchange fire on LoC in Kashmir -- Xinhuanet
India and Pakistan trade accusations over Kashmir violence -- CNN
Pakistan says soldier killed by Indian fire -- Al Jazeera
India says 'perplexed' by Kashmir border killings -- AFP
India 'provoked Kashmir clash after woman crossed LoC' -- BBC
India’s media fuels outrage over soldier’s beheading, but real story may be more complex -- Washington Post
Kashmir incident: Gulf in Indian and Pakistani media -- BBC

Tensions Still High Between India And Pakistan Over Border Clashes

Tensions Rise Between Nuclear Neighbours Pakistan And India -- The Telegraph

India accused Pakistan of the "barbaric and inhuman" mutilation of two soldiers killed in a Kashmiri border attack as the crisis between the two nuclear-armed neighbours intensified.

Indian officials summoned Pakistan's High Commissioner to New Delhi for a dressing down as grisly details of the attack were confirmed by an army spokesman.

"We can confirm that one of the Indian soldiers was beheaded by the Pakistani army in Kashmir," the spokesman J Dahiya told AFP, adding that the head had apparently been carried away.

Kashmir has been at the centre of Pakistan and India's difficult relationship since independence. The dispute has sparked two full-scale wars and countless skirmishes.

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More News On Rising Tensions Between India And Pakistan

Pakistan and India trade barbs over 'barbaric' cross-border attacks -- NBC
India says Pakistan 'beheaded' Kashmir soldier -- BBC
India lashes Pakistan after deadly Kashmir encounter -- Reuters
India Condemns ‘Inhuman’ Kashmir Killings in Pakistan Clash -- Bloomberg Businessweek
India Lodges Protest with Pakistan Over Soldiers’ Deaths -- New York Times
India, Pakistan warn against escalation over border killings -- Herald Sun

Tit Tor Tit Killings Between Pakistani And Indian Troops

India Says 2 Soldiers Killed In Clash With Pakistani Troops In Kashmir -- CNN

(CNN) -- Two Indian soldiers died in a firefight with Pakistani army troops in the disputed Kashmir region, the Indian army said Tuesday, amid heightened tensions in the region following a deadly clash two days ago.

India said a group of Pakistani troops had crossed the Line of Control, the de facto border between India and Pakistan in the region, and entered the Indian-controlled side of the Himalayan territory.

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More News On The Latest Border Skirmishes Between Indian - Pakistani Troops

India accuses Pakistani troops of crossing Kashmir line -- The Guardian
India: Pakistani Troops Kill 2 Indian Soldiers in Kashmir -- Voice of America
India accuses Pakistan of killing soldiers in Kashmir -- Reuters
Indian troops shot dead near Kashmir's Line of Control -- BBC
Indian soldier "mutilated" after gunfight with Pakistan troops: Indian general -- Reuters
Pak crosses LoC, beheads one jawan, slits another’s throat -- Hindustan Times
Pakistan denies launching "unprovoked" attack on Indian army -- Reuters
Border raids give India-Pakistan peace process a reality check -- Christian Science Monitor

My Comment: So much for the peace talks.

Border Clash Reported Between India And Pakistan

 

Pakistan: Indian Troops Cross Border, Kill Soldier; India Says Pakistan Fired First -- CNN 

(CNN) -- Tensions between India and Pakistan flared Sunday in the Kashmir region, with at least one Pakistani soldier killed in the violence, its military said. But exactly what happened depends on the source. According to the Pakistani military, Indian troops crossed the Line of Control -- the de facto border between India and Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region -- and attacked a military post. "Pakistan Army troops effectively responded and repulsed the attack successfully," but one Pakistani soldier was killed and another critically injured, the military said. The Indian Defense Ministry, however, said Pakistani troops opened fire unprovoked on Indian posts in the north Uri sector of Indian-administered Kashmir.

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More News On Today's India - Pakistan Border Clash  

India and Pakistan in Kashmir border skirmish -- BBC
India, Pakistan trade fire on the Kashmir line of control -- Christian Science Monitor
India army kills Pakistan soldier in Kashmir: Pakistan army -- Reuters
Pakistan Says 1 Dead in Border Clash with India -- Time/AP
Pakistani and Indian troops exchange fire on border -- AFP
Pakistani Soldier Killed in Shooting in Kashmir -- New York Times
Pakistani, Indian Troops Exchange Fire -- Voice of America
Indian and Pakistani forces exchange shots at contested Kashmir border -- Global Post
Pakistan accuses India of deadly cross-border raid -- Times of India/AP
Army says Pak firing in Kashmir was unprovoked -- Hindustan
Escalation in ceasefire violations by Pakistan: Army -- Rediff