De-Escalation Delayed: India & Pakistan Exchange Shelling on Kashmir Border, Casualties Reported

• De-Escalation Delayed: India & Pakistan Exchange Shelling on Kashmir Border, Casualties Reported
  by https://www.rt.com/, 2 March 2019
  Just a day after an Indian pilot was freed from Pakistani captivity, offering hope for de-escalation, the two countries resumed shelling in Kashmir, killing a number of civilians on both sides, according to local authorities.
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  A 24-year-old woman and her two siblings were killed on Friday night near the Line of Control, a heavily militarized frontier that divides Pakistani and Indian parts of Kashmir. Another civilian was gravely injured in the shelling, NDTV reported, citing local police. 
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  Meanwhile, on the Pakistani side of the line, Indian artillery fire killed a boy and wounded three people, according to a government official. He told AP that the neighbor’s forces were “indiscriminately targeting border villagers,” and added that Pakistani troops were “befittingly”responding to the Indian artillery barrage. In total, at least five civilians and 2 soldiers were killed in the attack, Al Jazeera reported.
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