India accuses Pakistani army of killing five of its soldiers in an attack on a military post in Indian Kashmir. However Islamabad denied the accusation.

India accuses Pakistani army of killing five of its soldiers in an attack on a military post in Indian Kashmir. However Islamabad denied the accusation.

"Pakistani troops simply attacked the Indian post, violating the ceasefire and they killed five of our soldiers," a senior army official in Indian-administered Kashmir told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Sources in the defense ministry in New Delhi confirmed the Monday night incident, which occurred just days after Pakistan proposed restarting peace talks with India.
The killings took place 200 kilometers (124 miles) south of the state capital, Srinagar.

The picturesque Himalayan territory of Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan by a UN-monitored de facto border known as the Line of Control (LOC), but is claimed in full by both countries.

For its part, Pakistani army denied the attack, with a military spokesman told Agence France Presse: “No Pakistani troops either crossed into India, nor carried out any unprovoked firing. The Indian allegations are totally baseless.”