“During the night … Pakistan Army posts resorted to unprovoked fire using small arms and artillery guns across the LoC (the Line of Control) in areas opposite Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri and Akhnoor areas in Jammu and Kashmir,” the army said in a statement, adding it had “responded proportionately”.
Diplomats and world leaders have pressured both countries to step back from the brink.
“I want to see them stop,” US President Donald Trump said Wednesday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is slated to meet his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday in New Delhi, days after visiting Pakistan, as Tehran seeks to mediate between the two sides.
India and Pakistan have fought multiple times since the violent end of British rule in 1947, when colonial officers drew straight-line borders on maps to partition the nations, dividing communities.
Muslim-majority Kashmir – claimed by both India and Pakistan – has been a repeated flashpoint.
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