At least ten Pakistani soldiers died Saturday along the disputed Kashmir frontier after Indian troops repulsed a Pakistani raid in the southern district of Rajouri, an army official told AFP.
Major Sanjay Kapoor said between ten and 12 Pakistani soldiers died in the frontier outpost of Nowshera, some 150 kilometers (93 miles) north-west of the state winter capital Jammu, in the early Saturday firing.
"Pakistani troops opened indiscriminate fire in the morning," he said. "We fired back and repulsed them but we think between 10 to 12 of their men have died.
"There are no casualties on our side but one soldier is seriously injured," he said.
Pakistan and India are locked in a bitter dispute along their border in the Himalayan state of Kashmir, which is divided between the two countries and claimed by both.
New Delhi accuses Islamabad of sponsoring cross-border terrorism in Kashmir, where a separatist Muslim insurgency has claimed more than 34,000 lives since 1989.
Troops from both countries routinely clash on the Kashmir border. Each side blames the other for starting the attacks -- JAMMU (AFP)
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