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Pak Army calls to end firing in sector where two Indian jawans beheaded

India responds that Pak infiltration and firing would draw 'appropriate retaliation'

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Pakistan. Photo: Reuters

Ajai Shukla New Delhi
More than a month after the killing and beheading on May 1 of two Indian soldiers on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu & Kashmir, near Battal in the Krishna Ghati sector, Indian posts continue their retaliation against Pakistani positions in that area.

On Monday, Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) made an unscheduled phone call to his Indian counterpart to complain against cross-border firing by Indian troops.

Pakistan Army sources say the Pakistani DGMO, Major General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, complained to his Indian counterpart, Lieutenant General A K Bhatt, that cross-LoC firing by Indian posts had killed

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