India, Pakistan exchange heavy mortar fire

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India, Pak exchange heavy mortar fire

JAMMU, Dec 30 (Times of India)--Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged
heavy mortar fire over their border in southern Kashmir on Monday, a
senior Indian army official said.

Brigadier P.C. Das said the heaviest shelling was in the Pallanwalla
sector, 80 km west of Jammu. One Indian soldier was killed and five
were seriously injured in the shelling.

The two sides also exchanged mortar fire in nearby Nowshera sector,
where more than 1,000 villagers had to be evacuated from their homes
overnight Sunday.

"This is the heaviest mortar shelling we have seen for four months,"
Das said, claiming that the Pakistani units had fired first.

 
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