DATE=6/1/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-250056
TITLE=PAK / KASHMIR ATTACKS (S)
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: PAKISTAN SAYS THREE OF ITS SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED
WHILE THE ARMY SUCCESSFULLY REPULSED ATTACKS FROM INDIAN TROOPS
ALONG THE DISPUTED LINE OF CONTROL IN KASHMIR. THE REPORTS OF
INDIAN ATTACKS REPRESENT THE MOST SERIOUS ESCALATION OF
HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES SINCE TWO INDIAN FIGHTER
PLANES WERE SHOT DOWN BY PAKISTANI SOLDIERS LAST WEEK. FROM
ISLAMABAD, CORRESPONDENT SCOTT ANGER REPORTS.
TEXT: THE PAKISTANI ARMY SAYS IT HAS DRIVEN BACK AT LEAST THREE
SEPARATE ATTACKS BY INDIAN TROOPS ALONG THE DISPUTED LINE OF
CONTROL IN KASHMIR DURING THE LAST 24-HOURS.
THE ARMY SAYS INDIAN TROOPS LAUNCHED TWO GROUND ATTACKS NORTH OF
DRAS, WHERE INDIAN AIR ATTACKS HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATED OVER THE
LAST SIX DAYS IN AN EFFORT TO DISLODGE ARMED MUSLIM INSURGENTS.
THERE HAS BEEN NO IMMEDIATE COMMENT ON THE ACTION FROM INDIAN
OFFICIALS.
MEANWHILE, IN ANOTHER AREA, LOCAL POLICE SAY A NUMBER OF CHILDREN
HAVE BEEN KILLED AND WOUNDED BY INDIAN MORTAR FIRE IN A VILLAGE
ON THE PAKISTANI SIDE OF THE DISPUTED BORDER.
PAKISTAN HAS OFFERED TO SEND ITS FOREIGN MINISTER TO NEW DELHI
FOR TALKS TO DIFFUSE THE INCREASING TENSION BETWEEN THE RIVAL
NEIGHBORS. NO DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THE VISIT. (SIGNED)
NEB/SA/PLM
01-Jun-99 6:40 AM EDT (1040 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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