India and Pakistan are considering the next steps after fatal military exchanges – the latest

Soutik Biswas
India correspondent

The tensions between India and Pakistan were strongly escalated after Pahangam's attack last month, in which 26 people and India's retaliation strike were killed on Wednesday morning.

In the last 14 consecutive nights, India has repeatedly violated the ceasefire agreement of 2021 and aimed at Indian positions along the 740 km long control line (LOC), the DE-FACTO limit to the cleavel of India and Pakistan.

Fifteen people, including women, children and an Indian soldier, were killed, 51 injured, as a serious Pakistani fire on Wednesday in four districts of Jammu and Kashmir Dörfer along the LOC, Indian officials said.

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According to India, his army has reacted proportionally to non -provoked small weapon fire in key sectors such as Kupwara, Baramulla, Poonch, Rajouri, Mendhar, Nauschera, Sunderbani and Akhnoor. Pakistan did not comment on these claims.

For civilians who live near LOC, the new hostility brings familiar difficulties: victims, destruction of property and cattle, initial blocks and disturbed access to schools, hospitals and markets.

Although a large -scale displacement has not yet occurred – in contrast to past crises, for example at the end of 2016, when over 27,000 people were moved – the current violence continues to risk, destabilize people near the border.

The once promising ceasefire in February 2021 now seems to fray quickly and makes concerns about a longer confrontation along one of the most fleeting limits in the world.