New Delhi: India Tuesday summoned Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner Mansoor Ahmad Khan and lodged a strong protest over the killing of five Indian soldiers in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.
Khan was summoned by the government in the afternoon and a protest lodged, informed sources told IANS.
Five Indian soldiers were killed and a sixth was wounded when Pakistani troops crossed the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district late Monday and ambushed an Indian army patrol.
The killings threaten to cast a shadow on India-Pakistan's resumed dialogue talks to be held later this month.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his new Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif are to meet in New York in September.
Pakistani troops kill five Indian soldiers in J&KFive Indian Army soldiers were killed by Pakistani troops who crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, a police official said Tuesday.A senior police officer told IANS that Pakistani troops crossed the LoC in Chakan-da-Bagh sector of Poonch district late Monday night....... More
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