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12 Pakistanis killed in Indian firing -- PTV

IRNA

Islamabad, Oct 5, IRNA -- At least 12 civilians were killed and 15 
others wounded when Indian troops fired shells overnight at areas in 
the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, the state-run television reported. 
"The indiscriminate Indian firing, started yesterday and continued
overnight, targeting civilian population in Neelam valley in Azad 
(free) Kashmir, and killing 12 people including four women," the PTV 
reported. 
Some of the injured were admitted to a local hospital while those 
seriously injured were shifted to a military hospital in Muzaffarabad,
the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. 
The Indian forces shelled Salakala, Shah Kot and Lala areas in 
the Neelam Valley. The firing also destroyed or damaged houses and 
also killed cattle heads, the PTV reported. 
Artillery duels across the 740-km (455-mile) ceasefire line 
dividing Kashmir between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have 
continued despite tentative peace steps aimed at resolving decades of 
animosity. 
The South Asian rivals were on the brink of war last year over 
Indian statements that Pakistan arms and trains Muslims fighting 
Indian rule in Kashmir. 
Islamabad denies the charges and says it only extends diplomatic, 
political and moral support to Kashmiris. 
Ties have improved in recent months, but India has linked fresh 
talks to an end to attacks by armed Kashmiri groups. 
Pakistan and India have fought three wars, two over Kashmir, 
since their independence from the British colonial rule in 1947. 
TK/TSH/212 
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