Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged fire Sunday along their hotly disputed border in divided Kashmir, with each side accusing the other of starting the clash

Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged fire Sunday along their hotly disputed border in divided Kashmir, with each side accusing the other of starting the clash.
  
Pakistan said one of its soldiers was killed and another wounded when Indian troops crossed the de facto border and stormed a military post, an accusation denied by the other side.
  
A Pakistani military statement said the Indian troops came across the frontier known as the Line of Control in the Haji Pir sector, 80 kilometres (49 miles) north of Islamabad, and "physically raided" a checkpost named Sawan Patra.
  
"Pakistan Army troops effectively responded to the attack successfully. One  Pakistani soldier embraced martyrdom while another was critically injured," it said in a statement. The Indian troops retreated, leaving behind a gun and a dagger, the military said.
  
An Indian army spokesman in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, denied its troops crossed the border. Colonel Brijesh Pandey accused the Pakistani military of firing mortar bombs into a village in the Uri district in Indian Kashmir, which faces Haji Pir in the Pakistani sector of the territory.
  
"At 3:15 am today (2145 GMT Saturday) Pakistani troops resorted to heavy mortar firing, targeting a village in Uri sector," Pandey told AFP, adding that the homes of some villagers were damaged. "We retaliated with small arms and the exchange continued for over an hour," the spokesman said. He said no Indian troops were hurt but had no information about any Pakistani casualties.