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Friday, January 11, 2013

ASIA | The soldier stood guard at a checkpoint The death of another soldier in Kashmir tests in India and Pakistan


New litmus test for relations between India and Pakistan after news that another soldier had died by gunfire in the disputed Kashmir region. According to military sources from Islamabad, Indian soldiers ended the life of a Pakistani military had not caused or open fire, but that was only on duty at a post Battal sector (mentioned in Kashmir). This is the fourth soldier killed in the region in recent days, along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir. And the third serious incident between the two armies in just five days. On Tuesday, two Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistani soldiers (one of them beheaded). While Sunday the deceased was a PakistaniThe Indian Foreign Minister insisted yesterday that both countries should do everything possible to avoid an "escalation".

Attempt

Coinciding with this new death occurred in Pakistan today an attack, which killed 11 people , mostly civilians. The bombing occurred near a checkpoint of the security forces in the Pakistani city of Quetta The attack, which also caused an unknown number of wounded, took place in the Plaza de Bachcha Khan city, capital of the southwestern province of Baluchistan. Among the dead were two soldiers in the border guard and the rest are civilians, including women and children , according to reports, which stated that the bomb was triggered by remote control.

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