Indian officials say troops traded fire with Pakistan along LoC; UN urges ‘maximum restraint’

Indian and Pakistani soldiers briefly exchanged fire along their highly militarised frontier in Kashmir, Indian officials said Friday, as tensions soared between the nuclear-armed rivals following a deadly attack on tourists. India has described the massacre in which terrorists killed 26 people, most of them Indians, as a "terror attack" and accused Pakistan of backing it.

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Pakistan denied any connection to the attack near the resort town of Pahalgam in Kashmir. It was claimed by a previously unknown militant group calling itself the Kashmir Resistance. The Associated Press reported that three Indian army officials told that Pakistani soldiers fired at an Indian position in Kashmir late Thursday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Indian soldiers retaliated and no casualties were reported. The AP also reported that Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined to comment on the matter.

Tuesday's attack in Kashmir was the worst assault in years targeting civilians in the restive region. Since then, tensions have risen dangerously between India and Pakistan, which have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir. On Wednesday, India suspended a crucial water-sharing treaty that has withstood two wars between the countries and closed their only functional land border crossing. A day later, India revoked all visas issued to Pakistani nationals with effect from Sunday.