ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army effectively responded to the unprovoked firing by Indian occupation forces at Line of Control (LoC) in the Titri Nott sector, resulting in significant losses on the Indian side, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The ISPR statement issued here on Tuesday stated that reports from Indian-Occupied Kashmir suggest that the exchange of fire led to heavy casualties among Indian troops.
“Local residents captured videos showing injured soldiers and dead bodies being transported to hospitals. The footage, which has circulated on social media, provides a glimpse into the aftermath of the clash.”
Indian media reported that a mine blast occurred near the Line of Control (LoC) in Indian Occupied Kashmir’s Poonch district, which led to cross-border fire from both sides. The mine blast occurred under suspicious circumstances near the LoC in the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch.
The Indian media claimed that “there was no casualty or damage reported from anywhere in the sector so far.” However, the footages received from the other side of the LoC belie their assertion.
The Poonch incident took place amid a brutal and oppressive crackdown by the Indian Army in the Kathua district, where an aggressive so-called military operation has been ongoing since March 23, targeting civilians and intensifying repression.
Tensions between Pakistan and India have remained extremely high along the Line of Control due ongoing hostilities and ceasefire violations by Indian army. This is largely because of India’s repeated, and often unprovoked, ceasefire violations. The two nuclear-armed neighbours have been locked in a cycle of conflict over Kashmir since the partition of Indian sub-continent in August 1947.
Pakistan has consistently sought peace and adhered to the 2003 ceasefire agreement. Yet India’s hostile actions continue to destabilise the region, causing civilian and military casualties.
Human rights groups have long been vocal in their criticism of India’s occupation of Kashmir. They point to enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and mass detentions as the tools India uses to silence Kashmiris.
The region is one of the most heavily militarised places on earth, with Indian forces targeting civilians in the name of counterterrorism.
