UN chief concerned at violence on disputed Kashmir border

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UN chief concerned at violence on disputed Kashmir border

Reuters Published August 19, 2015

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UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday voiced alarm at the latest upsurge in violence along the disputed border of India and Pakistan in Kashmir and urged restraint on the part of both governments.

Officials said on Sunday that Indian and Pakistani troops intensified firing along their disputed frontier in Kashmir, killing at least eight people and wounding 14.

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"Ban expresses serious concern about the recent escalation of violence along the Line of Control between India and Pakistan, which reportedly resulted in a number of casualties on both sides, including civilians," the UN press office said in a statement.

It added that Ban "calls upon the governments of India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint and take all feasible steps to ensure the protection of civilians." The statement noted that the UN chief urged India and Pakistan to resolve their differences through dialogue.

Frontier clashes have intensified in recent months and the latest violence will put more strain on ties between the rival neighbours, who are scheduled to hold talks between top security officials on August 23-24 in New Delhi.

The UN statement said Ban welcomed that scheduled meeting.

India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence in 1947, two over Kashmir, and relations chilled again after the election of the right-winger Narendra Modi as Indian prime minister last year.

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JUSTICE

Aug 19, 2015 12:46pm

Instead telling Indian and pakistani to exercise restrain for past 68 years, why don't UNO use their power to force india to settle Kashmir issue according un regulation. People Pakistan are getting tried to listening "restraint" word over and over again.

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sandeep

Aug 19, 2015 01:07pm

Article says that The statement noted that the UN chief urged India and Pakistan to resolve their differences through dialogue. And my fellow friends across the border always jump into the comment section and say about UN plebisite

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inditramp

Aug 19, 2015 01:54pm

How and when will this K-issue will be resolved.It is doing a lot of collateral damage.

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Imran Soomro

Aug 19, 2015 02:04pm

The UN should realize that mere statements won't solve the India Pakistan riddle. A sincere and serious mediation is needed on part of international community if it is really concerned about collateral damage.

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Raj

Aug 19, 2015 03:01pm

Pakistan want to internationalized Kashmir issue through cross firing. Pakistan is following wrong procedure to snatching Kashmir from India. India & Pakistan can fight more than 100 war for Kashmir but any country cannot take any part of other country. So let bring on peace on border and let work for people of south region.

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ali

Aug 19, 2015 03:05pm

Please take off your glasses and resolve the issue which is pending in your office since many decades

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AtifM

Aug 19, 2015 03:07pm

@sandeep Resolve differences through dialogue, he did not say resolve Kashmir issue through dialogue. UN plebiscite is the only solution left in order for both the countries to resolve Kashmir issue once and for all.

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Gulab

Aug 19, 2015 04:01pm

Simply convert the current positions into international border for peace.

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ABDUL

Aug 19, 2015 04:20pm

@AtifM .... unfortunately the UN is concern there is no such Kashmir dispute exist in UN. It has been removed from the charter. So no one except Pakistanis says of UN regulations.

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Mr.Mirror

Aug 19, 2015 04:20pm

if Pakistan are in favor of referendum then why it is not implementing on its own kashmir. I suggest do not wait for India,show the world that your intents are right by removing your army from the kashmir

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Dilawar Khan

Aug 19, 2015 04:56pm

What about violence in Karachi?

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Aug 19, 2015 06:50pm

The people of any country cannot live under gun. Land is dispute everywhere. Palestinians are sufferings because UNO is controlled by USA and USA is controlled by Israel. World is facing deaths and bombing since west wants control on fuel resources, market control all over world. The most sufferers are Muslims who are bleeding and victims are told to live peacefully.

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Ghaznavi

Aug 19, 2015 06:57pm

@sandeep "Article says that The statement noted that the UN chief urged India and Pakistan to resolve their differences through dialogue. And my fellow friends across the border always jump into the comment section and say about UN plebiscite" This is precisely why UN is a useless organisation. It has become a tool for the powerful nations to victimize the weaker nations by imposing binding sanctions. Pakistan should take the lead and quit UN.

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WaheedNoor

Aug 19, 2015 07:29pm

Why is asking both India and Pakistan to show restraint? Does he not know that it is India that is indulging in unprovoked firing resulting in the deaths of innocent civilians on our side? We are only responding to stop that and we only fire at their Army posts. This equal, equal thing should stop. Our ambassador to the UNO should present our case strongly explaining the ground realities.

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Raj

Aug 19, 2015 07:36pm

either Pakistan should forget Kashmir OR full scale war --only solution to this issue.

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Ghaznavi

Aug 19, 2015 07:55pm

@Raj "either Pakistan should forget Kashmir OR full scale war --only solution to this issue." Agreed! let’s turn the whole subcontinent into a nuclear waste and destroy the planet's frail ecology !!!! After all no cost can be bigger than our ego!!!

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Truth

Aug 19, 2015 11:30pm

@Raj This is not era of war, it's like to make same one fear that they are in danger and let them purchase arms and divert funds reserved for useful purpose there.

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eshsn

Aug 20, 2015 01:35am

useless efforts

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