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KARACHI, Pakistan – Tensions have flared along the disputed Kashmir border again following the death of three soldiers from the Pakistan army on Tuesday.

The troops clashed with Indian border guards in the Rawlakot sector’s Rakhchakri area along the Line of Control (LoC), a makeshift border that separates the disputed Himalayan valley between tIndia and Pakistan.

“Three brave sons of the soil laid down their lives in the line of duty as Indian troops resorted to unprovoked fire in the Rakhchakri, Rawalakot sector along the LoC,” a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army’s media wing said.

One soldier was also injured in the clash, the ISPR statement added. 

“The Pakistan army responded effectively. There are reports of casualties on the Indian side,” the statement said, without elaborating.

The two nuclear powers have been at odds with each other for years however hostilities, diplomatically and militarily have accelerated since a suicide attack on an army convoy in Indian- administered Kashmir in February that killed more than forty Indian soldiers.

This was followed by an excursion of Indian warplanes into Pakistan’s airspace to bomb a suspected militant hideout near the border in February. In the next domino to fall, the Pakistan Air Force downed two Indian jets and captured a pilot, who was later released.

(File photo).