As per latest report the Indian army has struck along a giant arc on the Line of Control early this morning, staging what it described as “surgical strikes” on terrorist launch-pads inside Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, India’s Director-General of Military Operations (DGMO), has said the strikes, which took place “along the Line of Control” had caused “significant damage”.
Pakistan military has said that two of its soldiers were killed when troops “exchanged fire across the Line of Control” in an engagement which began at 2:30 a.m. and has ended at 8:00a.m. In a later statement, it has denied any strikes had taken place across the Line of Control (LoC), claiming instead that there had been “cross-border fire initiated and conducted by India which is an ‘existential phenomenon’’.
While 2016 has been the most peaceful year on the LoC in a decade, the ceasefire had been fraying steadily since Lance-Naik Hem Raj and Lance-Naik Sudhakar Naik were beheaded in a jihadist strike in January 2013, amidst a surge in infiltration backed by the Pakistan Army.
Late in July 2013, Pakistan has complained that “unprovoked” Indian fire had led to the death of Sepoy Asim Iqbal in the Nazia Peer sector near the town of Rawlakote. India, however, has said the firing began in response to an infiltration attempt.
