Two days after the deadly militant attack on its fortified base in Kashmir in which 18 soldiers were killed, the Army on Tuesday foiled two infiltration bids along the Line of Control in the Uri and Nowgam sectors in which a soldier and 10 militants were killed even as Pakistani troops breached the border ceasefire in Uri.
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Heavily-armed terrorists, believed to be from Pakistan-based JeM, had on Sunday stormed an army base in Uri in Kashmir, killing 18 jawans.
Sharif said Pakistan’s support for Kashmiri people in their legitimate struggle for self determination and its commitment to the Kashmir cause are non-negotiable, according to information released by the Pakistani mission.
“It was a major infiltration bid”, an army source told IANS here.
Pakistan has rejected India’s claims as “unfounded and premature”. The official said while there were no reports of any casualty in the firing, further details of the incident were awaited.
In a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh firmly stands beside India at this hard hour.
He briefed the Chinese leader about the achievements during the Operation Zarb-e-Azb and said Pakistan had dismantled terrorist networks.
Uri: For almost 20 minutes this morning, the Pakistan Army kept up a continuous fire at the Indian posts in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri, where Sunday’s massive terror had claimed 18 lives. All the four fidayeen attackers were also killed.
The same outfit was implicated in an audacious assault on an Indian air force base in Pathankot in the northern state of Punjab in January.
A high-level meeting held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had authorised the diplomatic offensive, backed by clear proof of Pakistan Army backing to the four terrorists who mounted the early morning attack on the Uri camp.
The protests, and a sweeping military crackdown, have all but paralyzed life in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
The cease-fire has largely stabilized the highly militarized boundary between the nuclear-armed rivals.
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Several rebel groups have fought an estimated 500,000 Indian forces deployed in the territory, demanding independence for the Muslim-majority region or its merger with Pakistan. More than 80 Kashmiris have been killed and thousands more injured since then…
