Pakistan accuses India of cross-border firing

Pakistan army says Indian troops fired into its part of Kashmir early Saturday amid growing tension between the bitter neighbors.

"Indian forces once again resorted to unprovoked firing and shelling across the Line of Control at Chamb sector, Bhimber on Saturday morning which lasted for four hours," the military said.

No one was injured in the firing, a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

"Befitting response from Pakistan army silenced the Indian guns," it said.

On Thursday two Pakistani soldiers were killed and nine others injured in Indian shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region, according to the military.

Pakistan and India had declared ceasefire along the LoC in 2003 and the guns had relatively been silenced since then. However, both sides occasionally accuse each of ceasefire violations.

There was escalation along the LoC following the Sept. 18 attack by suspected militants on an Indian army center in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Indian military officials claimed this week that its special forces conducted a "surgical strike" on the Pakistani side of the LoC and targeted what they claimed "camps" of the militants who planned attacks on the Indian side.

Pakistani cabinet, met under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Friday rejected the Indian claim of the surgical strike. Endit