Indian and Pakistani forces traded artillery and small-arms fire across the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed province of Kashmir on Thursday night.
Civilians living in the area described the most intense hostilities between the two nuclear-armed countries since their last war in 1999.
“We’re used to hearing exchange of fire between Pakistan and India at the Line of Control, but last night was different,” a border town resident told the Associated Press (AP).
India said its forces responded after Pakistani troops struck their positions along the LoC with artillery shells, mortars, and small-arms fire.
India also accused Pakistan of launching up to 400 drones into Indian airspace overnight, targeting three dozen military sites along India’s western borders. The Indian Air
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