Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol the fence-line along the India-Pakistan border some 36 kms southwest of Jammu. Cross-border clashes between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan in Kashmir have reached the highest levels in 15 years. Photo: AFP Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol the fence-line along the India-Pakistan border some 36 kms southwest of Jammu. Cross-border clashes between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan in Kashmir have reached the highest levels in 15 years. Photo: AFP
Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol the fence-line along the India-Pakistan border some 36 kms southwest of Jammu. Cross-border clashes between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan in Kashmir have reached the highest levels in 15 years. Photo: AFP
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Asia /  South Asia

‘Firing happens almost daily’: cross-border clashes in Kashmir reach highest levels in 15 years as Indo-Pakistan tensions fester

Ceasefire violation figures given by both sides vary wildly, but both show the same trend – a powerful surge over the past two years that has intensified this year

Topic |   Kashmir
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 5:19pm, 12 Apr, 2018

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Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol the fence-line along the India-Pakistan border some 36 kms southwest of Jammu. Cross-border clashes between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan in Kashmir have reached the highest levels in 15 years. Photo: AFP Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol the fence-line along the India-Pakistan border some 36 kms southwest of Jammu. Cross-border clashes between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan in Kashmir have reached the highest levels in 15 years. Photo: AFP
Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol the fence-line along the India-Pakistan border some 36 kms southwest of Jammu. Cross-border clashes between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan in Kashmir have reached the highest levels in 15 years. Photo: AFP
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