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Srinagar/Jammu: Pakistani troops opened fire and shelled mortars in unprovoked violations of a ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara and Rajouri districts, officials said on Thursday. In the Tangdhar sector of Kupwara, Pakistani troops specifically targeted mosques and houses in border villages, an Army official said in Srinagar.“Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along LoC in Tangdhar Sector, Kupwara by firing mortars and other weapons yesterday evening,” the official said.In the Nowshera sector of Rajouri, Pakistan Army personnel engaged in heavy firing and mortar shelling on forward posts.“At about 1515 hours today, Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars along LoC in Nowshera sector in Rajouri district,” a defence spokesman said in Jammu. Indian Army personnel guarding the LoC retaliated befittingly to the unprovoked ceasefire violations, officials said.Jammu and Kashmir recorded 5,100 instances of ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC in 2020 — the highest in the past 18 years — in which 36 people were killed and over 130 were injured, official sources said. Twenty-four security personnel were among the 36 killed.Security forces officials said that shelling and firing by Pakistani troops was “very heavy” in 2020, virtually making the 2003 India-Pakistan border truce “redundant”.“Pakistani troops repeatedly targeted forwards posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) to create a fear psychosis among the people and destabilise the peace along the borderline,” a senior police officer said.
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