Control (LoC), said a statement from the Inter-Services Public relations (ISPR). "Three Pakistani soldiers critically injured," said ISPR. The incident occurred in the Thoob sector of Bhimber district.
The ISPR statement added that Indian forces also suffered casualties in the latest incident of cross-border skirmishing.
Incidents of cross-border firing were reported with frequency in the last months of 2016 as tensions simmered between Pakistan and India over the Kashmir issue. Exchanges of fire have been reported sporadically since the new year began.
India claimed to have conducted a cross-border 'surgical strike' against 'launch pads of terror' in Azad Jammu and Kashmir — a claim Pakistan strongly rejected.
Pakistan maintains that India is attempting to divert the world's attention away from 'atrocities' committed by government forces in India-held Kashmir.
