New Delhi and Islamabad regularly accuse each other of firing across the heavily-militarised de facto border in Kashmir, called the Line of Control. Tariq said another woman was killed and seven others injured in shelling elsewhere in Nakyal. The purported attack would be India's first use of air strikes against Pakistan since 1971, when the two went to war over Bangladesh's independence. Kashmir has been divided between Pakistan and India since the end of British colonial rule over the subcontinent in 1947. Firing across the Line of Control has killed and wounded dozens of soldiers and civilians on both sides in recent years.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 26, 2019 18:56 UTC