Guns fall silent, but border villagers refuse to return home

October 09, 2016 19:42

The guns have today fallen silent along the border, but residents of frontier villages who were forced to flee their homes due to the continual violence refuse to return, fearing that this is just a lull before another round of hostilities.

Over two dozen "unprovoked" ceasefire violations by Pakistan have been reported after the Army announced that it carried out surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control.

Bearing the brunt of the firing and shelling from across the border, thousands of residents from frontier villages in the Jammu region have been forced to seek shelter at safe camps set up by the administration.

"We want to return to our homes and tend to our crop and cattle, but we cannot take chances with our lives as we do not know when the Pakistani army will start shelling again," said 54-year-old Sheela Devi, who along with six members of her family, has taken shelter at a government school in Khoura.

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