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Official: Border Skirmishes with India Kill 35 in Pakistani Kashmir

Ayaz Gul

   Updated Aug. 20, 2019, 1:20p.m.

   ISLAMABAD -- A top official in Pakistan disclosed Tuesday that recent
   cross-border skirmishes with India have killed dozens of people and
   injured hundreds of others on the Pakistani side of the disputed
   Kashmir region.

   The revelation came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to
   leaders of both nuclear-armed rival nations and urged them to reduce
   tensions, although he described the situation as "tough."

   Pakistan also announced Tuesday it would take the Kashmir dispute with
   India to International Court of Justice. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood
   Qureshi told local television channels the Pakistani government has
   taken the decision "after considering all legal aspects" of the case.

   The military escalation stems from New Delhi's controversial scrapping
   of decades-old limited constitutional autonomy for its part of Kashmir
   earlier this month, splitting the region into two union territories.

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