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Pakistan, Indian Military Clashes Kill 13 in Kashmir

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - Pakistan and rival India say fierce military
   clashes across their frontier in disputed Kashmir have killed at least
   13 people and wounded many more on both sides, with each country
   accusing the other of initiating the fight.

   The two nuclear-armed South Asian nations routinely trade fire across
   the cease-fire boundary, known as the Line of Control (LoC), which
   splits the Indian- and Pakistani-administered parts of the Himalayan
   region.

   Officials and Kashmiri villagers reported that Friday's skirmishes,
   however, were amongthe worst and most widespread they had witnessed in
   recent months.

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