Pakistan violates ceasefire along International Border in J&K’s Kathua

October 19, 2019 01:01 pm | Updated December 03, 2021 08:09 am IST - Jammu

Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire by targeting forward posts and villages with small arms firing along the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on October 19.

The firing from across the border in Manyari-Chorgali area in Hiranagar sector was unprovoked and started around 7.30 p.m. on October 18 and continued intermittently throughout the night, the officials said.

They said the Border Security Force (BSF) retaliated effectively.

There was no report of any casualty or damage in the Pakistani firing which ended around 4.15 a.m. on October 19, the officials said.

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