Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire in disputed Kashmir for a fifth straight night, New Delhi’s army said on Tuesday, one week since an attack targeting tourists sent relations into a tailspin.
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The Indian army said its soldiers and Pakistani forces fired at each other overnight along the Line of Control, the de facto border in contested Kashmir, a heavily-fortified zone of high-altitude Himalayan outposts.
There was no immediate confirmation from Pakistan. However, a top Pakistani defence official has warned of the possibility of war with India – describing the next few days as crucial in comments to Pakistani media outlet Geo News.
“If something has to happen, it will happen in two or three days,” Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told the news channel. “There is an immediate threat.”
China, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states were working to prevent conflict from breaking out, Asif added.
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