Pakistan targets civilian areas in Kashmir

Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing in the civilian border areas of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district early morning on Friday. According to the civilians, the firing intensified in early morning and continued for three hours. The shelling and small arms firing targeting residential areas in border villages prevented villagers to get out of their houses. It also delayed the examination schedule as both the children and teachers could only reach the schools after the firing stopped. Tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours have been running high since an attack on an Indian army camp in Kashmir last month in which six soldiers were killed. Ceasefire violation a day after Pakistan resorted to a ceasefire violation in Sundervani sector of Rajouri district. The two armies have been exchanging intermittent small-arms and mortar fire over the past couple of years as ties deteriorated.