Pakistan made 117 violations last year
January 11, 2013  11:32
The Indian Army counted 117 violations last year '" an average of one every three days. This was almost twice the 61 in 2011 (one every six days) and 57 in 2010.If the frequency of violations has not gathered the sound and fury of the intensive fire exchanges along the LoC till November 2003, that is largely because of two reasons.

First, Pakistan has reduced '" though not in as great a measure as it claims '" its deployment on the LoC to reinforce troops on its border with Afghanistan.

Second, the firing is targeted by both Indian and Pakistani troops at posts or patrols within a narrow band of 5 to 6km between India's "Anti Infiltration Obstacle System' (fence) and Pakistani positions. The fence is inside Indian territory but its distance from the LoC varies from 500m to 2km or more, leaving several villages outside it.

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