Indian and pakistan army

An Indian army officer was killed in Pakistani shelling in neighboring Poonch district late Thursday, Anand said. He said the Indian troops responded befittingly to "the enemy fire". On 13 November, nine civilians and six soldiers were killed on both sides as Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged artillery fire at multiple locations along the Line of Control. The fatalities were some of the highest reported in recent years in a single day. Since gaining independence from Britain in 1947, India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir. Tensions soared in February 2019, when a suicide bombing killed 40 Indian paramilitary soldiers in Kashmir, and India retaliated with airstrikes inside Pakistani territory. Pakistan shot down one of the warplanes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and captured a pilot who was quickly released. India said the strikes targeted Pakistan-based militants responsible for the suicide bombing. The tensions further soared when Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in August last year scrapped Kashmir's special status, annulled its separate constitution, split the region into two Union territories Ladakh and Jammu-Kashmir, and removed inherited protections on land and jobs.