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The soldier was killed at a position called Kundi during firing from the Indian side that began at 10 p.m. (1630 GMT), Pakistan’s army said in a statement.
Two Pakistani and two Indian soldiers were killed in early January in the worst outbreak of violence in Kashmir since the India and Pakistan agreed a ceasefire nearly a decade ago.
Three civilians have been killed and another six injured — four seriously – after Burmese troops launched a series of mortar attacks into the heart of the Kachin rebel stronghold in Laiza on Monday morning.
It is the first civilian casualties reported in central Laiza since government forces stepped up its offensive against the rebel base last month.
Kachin ethnic rebels battling the army in northern Burma say they have shot down a government helicopter, but the army says it crashed due to engine failure.
An emailed announcement from the Kachin guerrillas says they shot down the helicopter late on Friday as heavy fighting raged.
As Burmese government troops seized control of another Kachin Independence Army (KIA) outpost on Wednesday, relief workers said that already overcrowded refugee camps near the group’s headquarters are seeing a fresh influx of civilians fleeing from intensified fighting.
The outpost, at the base of the Hpun Pyan Bum hill, about 7 km west of the KIA stronghold of Laiza, is the second KIA position in the area to fall since the Burmese government army stepped up its offensive late last month.
Pakistani army troops crossed the Line of Control (LoC) on Tuesday killing two soldiers at Sona Gali in Mendhar sector of Rajouri district, 220 km north of winter capital Jammu, Army said.
“Pakistan army troops having taken advantage of thick fog and mist in the forest area, were moving towards our posts when an area domination patrol spotted and engaged the intruders,” Lt. Col Rajesh Kalia, Defence spokesman, Northern Command, said.
He said after half an hour of gunfight, Pakistani soldiers retreated towards their side of LoC.