| Pakistan Violates Ceasefire Twice, Soldier Injured in Poonch | | | Early Times Report
Poonch, Sept 5: An Army soldier was injured as Pakistani troops today violated the ceasefire by firing on forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
"Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and resorted to unprovoked firing in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district around 07:45 hours," a Defence Spokesman said.
In another ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops targeted forward posts along the LoC in Hamirpur sector in Poonch district from 21:50 hours to 22:15 hours last night, he said. In the Pakistani firing, a soldier was injured, he said adding that troops retaliated.
With these ceasefire violations, the number of such violations has gone up to six in September.On September 4, Pakistani Rangers had fired two burst of small arms and two mortar shells on posts along the International Border in RS Pura sector of Jammu district around 02:00 hours.
On September 3, the Pakistan army had targeted Bhimber Gali (BG) sector of the LoC in Poonch district by resorting to small arms firing from 23:20 to 23:30 hours.
On September 2, the Pakistan army had targeted Krishna Ghati sector of the LoC in Poonch district and Indian troops responded appropriately and effectively.
On September 1, Pakistan troops had fired on a Forward Defence Location (FDL).
Eleven people were killed, including two soldiers, and over 30 injured in August in ceasefire violations by Pakistan.
There have been 57 violations of the border ceasefire agreement by Pakistan in August and over 250 ceasefire violations in the year so far. |
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