Indian army warns Pakistan of 'unexpected damages'

Lieutenant General KH Singh's statement comes amid escalating border tensions


Web Desk July 21, 2015
PHOTO: AFP

Amid rising tension on the border, the Indian Army has warned Pakistan of ‘unexpected damages.’

"There are certain elements across the border who want to create trouble on the Line of Control ... we have to give them certain unexpected damage to so that they don't repeat it in future," said Lieutenant General KH Singh, who commands the 16 Corps, according to NDTV.

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Pakistan and India have constantly exchanged gunfire in the last week. Four people have been killed by the firing of Indian border security forces on civilian populations on the Pakistani side in recent days. Five more have been left injured by the unprovoked attacks.

"One girl was killed on the Pakistan side - we regret the incident," Singh said.

The clashes have thrown the fate of crucial talks between the national security advisers of Pakistan and India in the doldrums with New Delhi reluctant to fix a date for the meeting.

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During a recent meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in the Russian city of Ufa, the two leaders had agreed to a meeting of their security advisers in New Delhi to discuss issues related to terrorism.

However, renewed tensions along the Line of Control in Kashmir and the working boundary in Sialkot, as well as the intrusion of an Indian ‘spy’ drone into Pakistani territory, may lead to the postponement of the crucial talks, a senior government official believes.

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On Monday, a team of United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) visited the villages most affected by Indian shelling. They visited Saleh Pur, Chaprar & Malane in Chaprar Sector in Sialkot and met wounded civilians and witnessed Indian atrocities on the civil population.

COMMENTS (52)

lol | 8 years ago | Reply @Gai Mutra: "7 Kashmiri freedom fighter??" how about the "Talibani freedom fighters that entered Peshawar?"
Vish | 8 years ago | Reply @Ibrar: Dear who whats to waste money, man power with a failed state???? we do have our own business so.....
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