A Pakistani soldier patrols a village in district Bhimber near the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-administered Kashmir during a media trip organised by the Pakistani army on October 1, 2016.
Tensions have been simmering for months between India and Pakistan, but were dangerously ratcheted up, when India claimed it had carried out "surgical strikes" across the heavily militarised Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border in disputed Kashmir. / AFP PHOTO / ISSAM AHMED
According to sources, Wasalat and Muhammad Iftikhar – both belonging to Samari Terban Jura village in Neelum Valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir – mistakenly entered the occupied territory while herding goats in a forest.
Crossed LoC by mistake: Girl handed back to Indian authorities
The boys -- both 14 and studying in grade eight – crossed the LoC from Samari and were immediately taken into custody by the Indian army.
The family of the two boys have appealed to the governments of Pakistan and AJK to take up the issue with India to save their lives and educational career.
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