By Ankit Panda
After a period of relative tranquility, Pakistani troops violated the LoC ceasefire for the first time in 2014.
Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) for the first time since December 2013, when the Indian and Pakistani Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) met at Wagah. Two such violations took place over the last week: the first was on the morning of Sunday, January 26, on India’s 65th Republic Day, and the other on Wednesday, January 29.
According to The Times of India, Sunday’s episode saw Pakistani troops firing unprovoked across the LoC for three hours. ”Today [in the] morning at 6:15am, when it was dark, there was unprovoked firing from Pakistani side. They fired about three RPG rounds and small arms on to the Kaman post (in Uri sector) on the Indian side,” according to General Officer Commanding of 19 Infantry Division Major General Anil Chauhan.
Wednesday’s episode was similar – Pakistani troops fired small arms across the LoC towards Indian forward posts in Kashmir’s Poonch district. An Indian military public relations officer notes that the Indian troops returned fire during this incident. Overall, the exchange lasted five minutes with no casualties.
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