JAMMU, July 29: Indian and Pakistani army officials discussed recent attacks on Indian border posts in Kashmir, but Pakistan said the attacks may have been carried out by militant groups fighting New Delhi’s rule in the Himalayan region, an army official said on Saturday.

Indian army officials provided details of the time and date that Indian border posts came under fire during Friday’s meeting at the India-Pakistan border in Kashmir, an army official said.

He said the Pakistani officials denied Pakistan troops had fired on Indian positions and said separatist militant groups operating in the area could have been responsible for the attacks, the official said.

The official said Indian army posts along the border in the Punch and Rajouri districts were fired at on the night of July 27.

It was not immediately clear if the meeting had been scheduled or was sought by India after the firing incidents.

India and Pakistan have observed a cease-fire along their disputed border since November 2003, but both sides maintain border posts all along the Line of Control.

There are more than a dozen militant groups that have been fighting Indian rule in the Kashmir, seeking independence for Kashmir or its merger with Pakistan.—AP