ISLAMABAD, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations and major powers have urged Pakistan and India to reduce tensions and peacefully resolve disputes amid mounting hostilities in the disputed Kashmir region.
Indian soldiers killed at least two Pakistani soldiers along the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir on Thursday after suspected militants attacked an Indian army base in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sept. 18 that killed at least 18 soldiers.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. The Indian authorities blamed the Pakistan-based "Jaish-e-Muhammad" group and, as part of a blame-game, India pointed fingers back at Pakistan. Pakistan, in turn, rejected India's accusation.
Tensions grew after head of the Indian military operations, Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh's, claims of surgical strikes inside Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and "inflicting heavy casualties on the terrorists and those protecting them."
In order to prove the Indian claims as false, the Pakistani military's information wing took media personnel to the LoC on Saturday where the military spokesman, Lt. Gen. Asim Bajwa, said that there was no question of the surgical strikes occurring as Pakistani troops are deployed everywhere along the LoC.
The escalation of tension along the LoC has led to fears among the people in both countries about rising hostilities henceforth.
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