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US Wants India, Pakistan to Restore Kashmir Truce

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - A senior American diplomat says the United States
   wants India and Pakistan to restore a mutual truce in Kashmir to
   de-escalate tensions over the disputed Himalayan region.

   The statement by Alice Wells, the outgoing principal deputy assistant
   secretary of state for South and Central Asia, comes as Indian and
   Pakistani troops are locked in almost daily skirmishes across their de
   facto Kashmir border, known as the Line of Control.

   On Thursday, Islamabad said it had again summoned a senior Indian
   diplomat to the foreign ministry to protest continued alleged
   cease-fire violations by India's military forces resulting in fresh
   civilian casualties in the Pakistani-ruled part of Kashmir.

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