Pakistani villagers in Kashmir rebuild damaged homes on Nov. 21, near the line separating Pakistani- and Indian-controlled zones. (Roshan Mughal/AP)Heavy cross-border shelling in the disputed Kashmir region killed at least three Pakistani soldiers and seven Indian troops on Wednesday, Pakistan’s military said, in a sharp escalation of violence after a deadly ambush of three Indian soldiers. On the Indian-controlled side, Ghulam Ahmad Khan, 62, fled the border village of Gulud in late October after shelling killed his wife. Relations between the two regional rivals have been tense since Pakistani militants attacked an Indian military outpost on Sept. 18, killing 19 Indian soldiers. Eleven days later, India responded with what it described as “surgical strikes” on about a half-dozen sites in Pakistan that India described as staging grounds for militants waiting to cross the border.

Source: Washington Post November 23, 2016 13:33 UTC