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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Penelope McRae and Aakash Hassan in Delhi, and Peter Beaumont

Pakistan and India exchange fire as UN calls for ‘maximum restraint’

Indian soldiers in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir
Indian soldiers in Kashmir. The army confirmed there had been limited firing of small arms overnight. Photograph: Nasir Kachroo/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the line of control in disputed Kashmir, officials have said, after the UN urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show “maximum restraint” after Tuesday’s massacre of Indian tourists by Islamic militants.

Relations have plunged to their lowest level in years, with India accusing Pakistan of supporting “cross-border terrorism” after gunmen carried out the worst attack on civilians in contested Muslim-majority Kashmir for a quarter of a century.

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