Pakistani, Indian armies discuss border clashes

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Top Pakistan and Indian military officials spoke Tuesday about recent clashes along the border with the Himalayan region of Kashmir, hoping to end violence that killed 20 people in the past week, two Pakistani army officials said.

The director of the Pakistan army’s military operations spoke with his Indian counterpart in a hotline call to convey his concern over Indian border guards’ “consistent unprovoked firing on (the) civil population,” an official said.