They both hate each other and have nuclear weapons… this can only end badly.
Via CNN:
Pakistan and India exchanged fire near the border in the disputed Kashmir region early Saturday, killing at least two people from each country.
The Indian paramilitary border security force said Pakistani forces fired shots and mortar rounds near the border, killing a father and his 8-year-old son, and injuring four others, including a trooper. A spokesman for the security force called the action from the Pakistani side “unprovoked.”
The Pakistani military said an intermittent exchange of fire continues between the countries. It accused Indian troops of “unprovoked” opening fire on the working boundary near Sialkot, killing two civilians — a woman and a 60-year-old man.
The two nuclear-armed countries agreed to a bilateral ceasefire in November 2003. But while it has held well, it has suffered breaches since last year. The latest round of violence has triggered the dislocation of more than 1,000 border residents, an Indian official said.
Kashmir has been in the throes of separatist violence since 1989; officials say it has claimed 42,000 lives, but rights groups and nongovernmental organizations put the number at twice that.
Talks called off
The latest bloodshed comes amid recent diplomatic tensions.
India called off talks planned for Monday with Islamabad after Pakistan’s New Delhi-based high commissioner, Abdul Basit, invited Kashmiri separatist leaders for consultations ahead of the summit.