Pak troops pound civilian hamlets, posts along LoC, IB

August 18, 2015 11:00

A villager was injured as Pakistani Army violated the ceasefire four times overnight by pounding civilian hamlets and posts with 120 mm and 82 mm mortar bombs along the IB and LoC in Jammu and Poonch districts, drawing retaliation from the Army and BSF.

This is the 10th consecutive day that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire.There have been 45 violations of the 2003 ceasefire accord in August and over 240 ceasefire violations along the Indo-Pak border this year.

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