The disputed region of Kashmir (over image of Kashmir) ---where border tensions are soaring after reports that two Indian soldiers were killed over the weekend.<br/> <br />Syed Akbaruddin, Spokesperson for the India's External Affairs Ministry.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Spokesperson Of The India's External Affairs Ministry, Syed Akbaruddin saying:<br/> <br />"In the early hours of January 06, Pakistani troops in the sector commenced unprovoked firing on Indian troops. The roof of a civilian house in Churunda Village was damaged in Pakistani mortar fire. Indian troops, therefore, undertook control, retaliation and response."<br/> <br />He went on to say that Indian troops did not cross the line of control.<br/> <br />A Pakistani army spokesman said India's allegations were meant to divert attention from clashes two days earlier that killed a Pakistani soldier.<br/> <br />Firing and small skirmishes between the two nuclear armed countries are common along the line of control, despite slowly improving ties in recent years.<br/> <br />India and Pakistan have fought three wars since their independence in 1947, two of them over Kashmir.
