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Indian firing kills Pakistani soldier: Islamabad

Xinhua, September 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Pakistani soldier was killed in Indian firing in a latest cross-border shelling on Tuesday, the Pakistani military said.

The incident occurred just days after Pakistani and Indian border officials agreed to revive the 2003 ceasefire.

There had been calm on the border since the ceasefire, however, troops occasionally trade fire.

Both nuclear rivals accuse each other of the ceasefire violations.

Escalations along the LoC and the Working Boundary had been on top of the agenda of the recently held three-day talks between senior officials of the Pakistan paramilitary Rangers and Indian Border Security Force. They had agreed in the bi-annual session to stop firing.

"The talks ended on an optimistic note with both the sides agreeing on constant endeavors to maintain peaceful and tranquil borders," a joint statement said at the conclusion of three-day talks in the Indian capital. Endi