Pakistan Says Soldiers Shot as India Border Tension Deepens
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The Pakistani army said Indian troops shot dead two of its soldiers just days after an officer was killed, as border tensions threaten to jeopardize efforts to improve relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
The soldiers were killed in two separate incidents yesterday, the first near Rawalakot and the second in the Hotspring sector of the disputed Kashmir region, the Pakistani army said in a text message. Two others were injured, it said. An army captain was killed near Skardu and a soldier seriously wounded on Aug. 20, according to a Pakistani army official who asked not to be named as he’s not authorized to speak publicly.