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NEW DELHI/JAMMU: India has ruled out any flag meeting with Pakistan until firing at the border stops, according to Times Now.
According to Times Now, Indian Army chief has made it clear that there will be no talks with Pakistan till the offensive at the border stops.
"There is no question of any flag meeting with Pakistan until firing at border stops," Army chief said.
Indian forces have also been asked to retaliate strongly to every Pak provocation at the border, Times Now has reported quoting sources.
Meanwhile, two women have been killed and 11 people have been injured as Pakistani troops targeted 50 security outposts and three dozen hamlets with heavy mortar shelling and firing overnight along the entire 192-km international border in Jammu & Kashmir.
READ ALSO: Pakistan targets BSF posts, villages; India hits back with heavy fire
Extending the ceasefire violations to new areas, Pakistan Rangers shelled border outposts (BoPs) and villages in Samba and Kathua along with Jammu during the night and the firing is still on.
Director general of BSF said the troops were retaliating strongly to Pak aggressions.
"We are giving answer to Pak provocations, We have been retaliating very strongly," BSF DG DK Pathak told reporters.
A woman was killed in the shelling in Jaladi village in Samba while 11 people, including three BSF personnel, were injured, a BSF spokesperson said on Wednesday.
So far seven people have been killed and nearly 70 injured in the escalation since October 1 with over 16,000 people migrating to safer areas in these districts.
"Pakistani Rangers again resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling and heavy firing on BSF posts all along International Border (IB) since 2000 hours last night," the spokesman said.
"As many as 50 BSF BoPs were affected by the fire from Pakistan side," he said, adding,"firing and shelling targeted areas along IB in Arnia, R S Pura, Kanachak and Pargwal sub-sectors along IB in Jammu and Samba districts."
READ ALSO: UN asks India, Pakistan to resolve issues through dialogue
Giving further details, he said almost all the BSF posts in Samba, Hiranagar belt of Kathua district were targeted by Pak Rangers.
The firing in some area of Arnia was still going on this morning, the spokesman said.
"BSF troops at all the places gave a strong and befitting reply to firing from Pakistan," the spokesman said.
Along the Line of Control (LoC), the firing stopped late in the night in Mendhar and Poonch sectors after Indian forces retaliated.
2 killed in fresh Pak firing in J&K, India asks troops to retaliate strongly - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site
According to Times Now, Indian Army chief has made it clear that there will be no talks with Pakistan till the offensive at the border stops.
"There is no question of any flag meeting with Pakistan until firing at border stops," Army chief said.
Indian forces have also been asked to retaliate strongly to every Pak provocation at the border, Times Now has reported quoting sources.
Meanwhile, two women have been killed and 11 people have been injured as Pakistani troops targeted 50 security outposts and three dozen hamlets with heavy mortar shelling and firing overnight along the entire 192-km international border in Jammu & Kashmir.
READ ALSO: Pakistan targets BSF posts, villages; India hits back with heavy fire
Extending the ceasefire violations to new areas, Pakistan Rangers shelled border outposts (BoPs) and villages in Samba and Kathua along with Jammu during the night and the firing is still on.
Director general of BSF said the troops were retaliating strongly to Pak aggressions.
"We are giving answer to Pak provocations, We have been retaliating very strongly," BSF DG DK Pathak told reporters.
A woman was killed in the shelling in Jaladi village in Samba while 11 people, including three BSF personnel, were injured, a BSF spokesperson said on Wednesday.
So far seven people have been killed and nearly 70 injured in the escalation since October 1 with over 16,000 people migrating to safer areas in these districts.
"Pakistani Rangers again resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling and heavy firing on BSF posts all along International Border (IB) since 2000 hours last night," the spokesman said.
"As many as 50 BSF BoPs were affected by the fire from Pakistan side," he said, adding,"firing and shelling targeted areas along IB in Arnia, R S Pura, Kanachak and Pargwal sub-sectors along IB in Jammu and Samba districts."
READ ALSO: UN asks India, Pakistan to resolve issues through dialogue
Giving further details, he said almost all the BSF posts in Samba, Hiranagar belt of Kathua district were targeted by Pak Rangers.
The firing in some area of Arnia was still going on this morning, the spokesman said.
"BSF troops at all the places gave a strong and befitting reply to firing from Pakistan," the spokesman said.
Along the Line of Control (LoC), the firing stopped late in the night in Mendhar and Poonch sectors after Indian forces retaliated.
2 killed in fresh Pak firing in J&K, India asks troops to retaliate strongly - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site
