All communication channels with Indian military open: Pak army

It would also be an admittance of the Indian army’s success against its Pakistani counterparts, while also painting Pakistan into a corner where it would have to respond in a way that could lead to a full-blown war between two countries with vast nuclear weapon stockpiles.

In a separate incident, the Indian army said at least one militant was killed in clashes between groups along the highly militarized Line of Control that divides Kashmir between Indian and Pakistani control.

However, the army spokesman emphasised on the importance of resolving the current tension through dialogue.

Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif Thursday accused India of spreading a “litany of falsehoods” and warned that any aggression or a “strategic miscalculation” against his country will not go unpunished.

Emphasising that the terrorist threat had become more pervasive and posed an even greater danger to worldwide peace and security, she said Pakistan had been at the forefront of the global campaign to eliminate that scourge.

Tensions have escalated sharply since last week, when India announced its special forces had carried out a strike against militants camped on the Pakistan side of Kashmir and inflicted significant casualties.

The army repulsed two infiltration bids in Rampur and Naugam, raining bullets on the militants and forcing them to return to PoK.

Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs alleged that CNN News18 has aired a “forged” interview of police officer of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Ghulam Akbar, in which he has allegedly confirmed India’s surgical strikes.

Relations have been strained since gunmen raided an Indian army base in Kashmir on Sep 18, killing 19 soldiers, the worst such attack in more than a decade.

Sources in Army told Mirror that four to six terrorists opened fire on the sentry posts of the RR camp in Langate at two places.

At the time, the then Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf suggested Islamabad was willing to give up its claim to Kashmir if India agreed to a self-government plan for the disputed Himalayan region.

The US said on Friday it does not support declaring Pakistan a “terrorist state” but will continue to work with the governments in the region to eliminate safe havens which also pose a threat to India.

Since then the two armies have exchanged nearly daily small arms and mortar fire along the Line of Control in Kashmir.