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Indian troops targeted a vehicle of the Pakistan Army moving along the Neelum River at Athmuqam on Sunday. "The vehicle fell into the river and four soldiers embraced martyrdom in the Line of Control (LoC) ceasefire violation,” said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The body of one martyred soldier has been recovered while search for the other three is underway.
The attack was similar to an earlier assault on a civilian bus in the same area last year, according to the army's media wing.
The ISPR said that Pakistani forces had responded to the ceasefire violation.
Earlier this year in June, during a National Assembly's Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs meeting, director general of the Disaster Management Authority said that unprovoked firing by Indian forces across the LoC had taken 832 lives while 3,000 people had been injured and 3,300 houses had been damaged.
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Jul 16, 2017 07:09pm
Stop now
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Jul 16, 2017 07:15pm
I do not know when this madness will stop...from both sides.
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Jul 16, 2017 07:16pm
Eye for Eye.Where are we heading? Ohh God , Pls save us...
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Jul 16, 2017 07:16pm
Bless them. Pure evil attitude by India
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Jul 16, 2017 07:17pm
A sad incident, indeed. May the souls of martyrs rest in heaven. Indian army should stop practicing old conventional practices to incite violence on LOC. Let the peace prevail.
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Jul 16, 2017 07:17pm
Pakistan response should be very serious to avenge our martyr soldiers
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Jul 16, 2017 07:20pm
Pakistan needs a strong leader to respond Indian aggession.
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Jul 16, 2017 07:25pm
Only India can stop these cease fire violations.
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Jul 16, 2017 07:27pm
Feel bad for poor soldiers on both sides. Situation on LoC is very bad.
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Jul 16, 2017 07:31pm
@pradeep Tribhuwan - this is indeed a sad state of affairs. A soul lost carries with him the entire family. Very sad. There must be an end to this ever growing rift between Indo-Pak
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Jul 16, 2017 07:36pm
@Arshad
Where is that strong leader?
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Jul 16, 2017 07:38pm
RIP..! Make sure the enemy doesn't repeat this blunder...
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Jul 16, 2017 07:44pm
INNA LILLA HAY WAA INNA ILLEHEY RAJAYOON.
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Jul 16, 2017 07:54pm
Indeed very sad !! I hope this needless bloodbath stop at both sides of the border. Lives are very precious. RIP !!!. These soldiers at borders (whether Indian or Pakistani) stand and die there protecting motherland and civilians(us). In turn we do have responsibility to protect them from unwarranted wars !!
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Jul 16, 2017 07:54pm
Stop killing innocent civilians in the name of politics
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Jul 16, 2017 08:17pm
Very sad
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Jul 16, 2017 08:18pm
Terrible. Both sides need to grow up. Both countries seem to chalk up kills of the other as if it was a game. Time to behave like adults.
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Jul 16, 2017 08:19pm
Very sad
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Jul 16, 2017 08:22pm
have said earlier this is deadly game played by both side but cost is very high i.e. jawan of both side. They are also some one father, brother children and even in some cases whole joint family depend on one jawan income. Both side should settle the matter on the talk table peacefully as this number game of killing would not change the border so why lost precious human life for just a madness and false ego
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Jul 16, 2017 08:31pm
these are poor men earning for their families the status quo of both sides for anarchy and politics play wicked game which is never win by anyone in the world
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Jul 16, 2017 08:40pm
You are right, the dirty politics is snatching innocent lives.
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Jul 16, 2017 08:40pm
There's no border in the world where such senseless violence takes place almost on a daily basis. India & Pakistan keep showing to the world everyday how dumb we are.
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Jul 16, 2017 08:47pm
Stop this madness from both the side, enough is enough. You are not killing soldiers but the whole families with them. You mad guys, just before partition, you were brothers of each other. Very sad, thats why british could rule us for so many years, because we don't have intellectual to grow together and hapilly.
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Jul 16, 2017 09:03pm
Why are they fighting on LoC? Doesn't make sense, stop killing each other! All of you have families to take care of! Humanism must come first at all situations!
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Jul 16, 2017 09:14pm
Extremely sad the soldiers dying on both sides for no definite cause.
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Jul 16, 2017 09:26pm
Once again.... blood of our youth. RIP my sons. This nation lives because of you.
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Jul 16, 2017 09:44pm
I don't know who tells lies and whos correct in this messy conflict. Any loss of life is sad !
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Jul 16, 2017 09:58pm
Very sad !
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Jul 16, 2017 10:06pm
Turn the LOC into a border and end this. There is peace on the border in other states.
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Jul 16, 2017 10:11pm
@Peacelovers ..solve kashmir Bro. .lasting peace will prevail.
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Jul 16, 2017 10:12pm
Rip these soldiers generally from both side come from rural, poor families with minmum qualification. Very sad to here the loss of a soul .
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Jul 16, 2017 10:34pm
Stop this senseless killing. No one wins here, this leaves families of dead soldiers in great pain.
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Jul 16, 2017 10:45pm
Where is International community.........
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Jul 16, 2017 10:47pm
Where is International community....
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Jul 16, 2017 11:08pm
This nonsense needs to stop now. These soldiers are humans too and killing them now you have killed the whole family
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Jul 16, 2017 11:08pm
@Venkat ... how come such pain did not come when 17 indian soldiers where killed in uri.
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Jul 16, 2017 11:16pm
@ANT : No, first Kashmir issue should be solved.
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Jul 16, 2017 11:28pm
Both Pakistan and India should realize the reality on the ground. Neither side is capable of getting the other's half of Kashmir. Both sides know it but are somehow incapable of accepting it. It would make world of difference to the population of both countries if they end this age-old problem. Recognize the LoC as international boundary, sign a peace treaty, and resume all civilized forms of neighborly behavior. That's the best solution for this seventy-year old animosity and periodic recurring wars. That's the only solution.
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Jul 16, 2017 11:51pm
And what has the Govt. or the military done to stop this????
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Jul 16, 2017 11:55pm
I would,respectflly request both sides to stop this tit for tat behaviour. It is very childish!
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Jul 17, 2017 12:11am
India and Pakistan stop this now. This madness is unacceptable.
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Jul 17, 2017 12:12am
Really saddened. Four lives snuffed. What a tragic and unnecessary loss of life. Will they ever listen to us, the common people. How long are they going to continue this madness. Just think about their families, sorrow that engulf them. These generals and their cruel games and so called strategies, not letting the peace have a chance.
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Jul 17, 2017 12:26am
Very sad indeed - Lives would be lost of both sides - what a waste of life - so precious and so sacred
stop doing it - from Both sides please - be same and use your wisdom to solve issues not violence - please - you are destroying your OWN people .....
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Jul 17, 2017 12:38am
“An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind” is frequently attributed to M. K. Gandhi. I hope the politicians on both sides will keep this thing in mind.
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Jul 17, 2017 12:44am
Very sad and insane
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Jul 17, 2017 12:45am
I wish peace returns to the region soon. Others are warming their hands in this fire.
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Jul 17, 2017 01:21am
sad
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Jul 17, 2017 01:36am
No problem gets fixed by hate or war, it only makes the problem worse. Only way going forward should be talk to each other rather than talking about each other otherwise both nations will have to face more problems until the mindsets are changed. why people who spread hate do not die, they only play with innocent people's life. Do not let other people take advantage of your hate. stop it, enough is enough...
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Jul 17, 2017 01:36am
Shameless act by indian forces.
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Jul 17, 2017 01:57am
@Dheeraj Thank you Saeen, I appreciate you words my brother. When us brothers stop listening to hate mongers who are causing this.
IndoPaK blood brothers 4 life!
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Jul 17, 2017 02:11am
We both love the show of power but no one likes any casualties. R.I.P to people who died on either side of the border. Sad day.
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Jul 17, 2017 03:22am
Stop this!!!
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Jul 17, 2017 04:40am
Truly honest and sincere leadership of any neighborly nations will do their best to promote the politics of trust building, mutual respect and peaceful co-existence in the larger interest of their people and nations. But unfortunately both sides leaders falling prey to the influential forces of hate, hostility and aggression have kept the people of both sides in constant fear, unending anguish, griefs and sufferings. God will not land from heavens to give the blessings of neighborly love, peace and amity to both sides nations but God had given fullest option and opportunity to the leaders of both the countries to implement the same in larger interest of their nations and generations but the leaders have their own agenda?
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Jul 17, 2017 04:52am
@Arshad - "Pakistan needs a strong leader to respond Indian aggession."
Pakistan needs a wiser leader to mend differences with India.
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Jul 17, 2017 05:56am
Inna Lillah e Wa Inna Elaih e Raji'on
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Jul 17, 2017 07:00am
RIP soldiers ... anywhere from world... you are the ultimate sacrificer of the world....sad news.. from india
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Jul 17, 2017 07:06am
a really sad incident .
and the problem is that we are looking at just four martyred soldiers while the truth is that in both the countries , such men are the sole breadwinners of their families .
so it's like 4 soldiers martyred and four entire families devastated.
and it's similar in india too when any soldier is martyred in line of duty.
and this madness continues.
this attack and revenge.
this vicious cycle.
this same old rhetoric.
Pakistan will say that we will provide so called diplomatic support to kashmir.
and India will say that kashmir is our inseparable part .
and the poor souls will continue to suffer in this war of inflated egos .
hope that peace and sanity prevails .
regards from across the border.
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Jul 17, 2017 07:10am
Unnecessary aggression is leading to life losses at both ends. What is we want to achieve? High time to learn from European countries
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Jul 17, 2017 07:35am
Loss of lives, money...for what purpose? What we gained in last 70 years. But lost lives, territory, money, peace. Madness.
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Jul 17, 2017 07:45am
Very sad. Our political leadership fighting each other like children because To them PM seat is more important than country.
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Jul 17, 2017 07:48am
Loss of poor lives for no cause is very sad. Hope good sense will prevail and this madness end
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Jul 17, 2017 08:01am
Sad
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Jul 17, 2017 08:04am
RIP, may this hate come to an end on both sides.
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Jul 17, 2017 08:05am
What a shameful act! Rest in peace Pak soldiers.
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Jul 17, 2017 09:19am
Rest in peace.
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Jul 17, 2017 10:10am
When this is going to end. Thus is madness. Why not india and Pak maintain status quo on loc, fence the border and continue talks for final solution. Heavy expenditure on military is going to pull back both the nation's on development.
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Jul 17, 2017 10:15am
It is unfortunate that both sides are locked in never ending duels. In the process, it is the families of the armed forces and civilians who are paying the price for machinations of the leaders. It's doing no good for both countries.
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Jul 17, 2017 10:51am
how long this will continue how many more famlies will be shattered when will this stop,,,, heartbroken with the news
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Jul 17, 2017 10:53am
With every soldier killed, one family is killed. Who is gaining in this process? Politicians or the country? No, neither of them. There is always ONLY LOSER in war. Nobody wins a war - both side lose their people. When will both government realize this? Why can't you both sit and solve this issue forever? Who wants mountain peaks? who want the desert? who want the deadly forests? What are you going to get by taking over a mountain or the forest where nobody can live? Why not we create a NO-MAN's land of 5-10 width across the border and leave it as it is? Let both sides live peacefully, these soldiers are human beings, they have their family and children to be taken care of.
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Jul 17, 2017 10:58am
@Peacelovers True. Real damage is suffered by the Families who lost their loved ones.
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Jul 17, 2017 11:21am
R.I.P to those who fight for their nation.
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Jul 17, 2017 11:32am
Sad for deaths on both sides of border.
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Jul 17, 2017 11:57am
RIP My Brothers
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Jul 17, 2017 12:12pm
Stop it now please .. Both of you. So many wars and so many years of hatred has not given us anything beside broken hearts and families.. we as ordinary citizens of both the countries should stand up together and ask our leaders to stop this bloodbath at once. Let's ask them to find alternative ways to resolve issues rather than this mad rush for blood. In this age of social media and internet, we do not depend on our leaders to feed us with misinformation and hatred. Let's start talking to each other more on these platforms and force our govts to stop it now.. regards
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Jul 17, 2017 12:59pm
This is heart breaking news anytime any soldier gets hurt anywhere, but I'm so amazed to see both IndoPak family is actually talking about peace and harmony.
R.I.P soldiers.
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Jul 17, 2017 01:17pm
Only one question,What do you get after doing this?
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Jul 17, 2017 02:05pm
Their should be a full stop to this ruthless acts from both sides, both are damaging themselves
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Jul 17, 2017 02:10pm
Very sad.May GOD rest their soul in peace.
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Jul 17, 2017 02:11pm
Very sad
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Jul 17, 2017 02:11pm
Very Sad.
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Jul 17, 2017 03:02pm
Seems you guys are really educated, a nice thought process, i wish some of you could join pak politics and can save both countries from such disasters,
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Jul 17, 2017 03:57pm
Where is PEACE AND HARMONY....??
Why are we killing each other?if we accept each other and solve our problems billeterally,then no one in this world has the capability to beat us both.please grew up
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Jul 17, 2017 07:16pm
@Harish Chandra then who will employ 3 million solders ?
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Jul 17, 2017 08:23pm
always the soldiers why?
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Jul 18, 2017 01:06am
@lafanga Solve it than.
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Jul 18, 2017 07:34am
Very sad news that our four brave soldiers embraced martyrdom in the line of control (LOC). We pray to God to shower His Blessing to martyrdom. Let the peace prevail in sub-continent. ( Texas )
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Jul 18, 2017 02:31pm
We know only what we are told. Indian media narrated it to be a boat crossing the river Neelam and Pakistani media says it was vehicle. The time has come for the common man to rise and question the tactics of our Governments. I, as an indian, want this madness to end and strongly believe my brothers across the border too feel the same. If either of the countries have their soldiers at the border, lets not forget they're also humans and also have a family. But they're gunned down and become victims of our governments egos. Shame on both of us. Immature governments.
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Jul 18, 2017 04:05pm
Pakistan please raise the issue at the UN.
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Jul 18, 2017 04:16pm
Indian families also lostwhen 17 indian soldiers where killed in uri. now 4 of Pakistans´..The feelings are same on both sides.This has been going on since 65 years. no solutions, Both sides are stubborn.. Declare LOC as final boundary line, both are benefited by doing so. Both should concentrate on their strengths to progress rather than fighting wars.
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Jul 19, 2017 12:32am
@Imran siddiqui - Dream on!
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