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2,000 in shelters as Kashmir border troops spar

By Aijaz Hussain
Published August 28, 2014 2:00pm ET
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2,000 in shelters as Kashmir border troops spar
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Thousands of villagers stayed in shelters near the disputed region of Kashmir’s de facto border Thursday after Indian and Pakistani border troops traded gunfire and shelling overnight despite an attempt by their commanders to defuse escalating tensions. A recent flare-up in violence has left two civilians and a border guard dead […]

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Thousands of villagers stayed in shelters near the disputed region of Kashmir’s de facto border Thursday after Indian and Pakistani border troops traded gunfire and shelling overnight despite an attempt by their commanders to defuse escalating tensions.

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