“Indian troops initiated CFVs in Khuiratta Sector along #LOC. Pakistan army troops responded befittingly. Reports of heavy losses 2 Indian troops in men & material. During exchange of fire, while fighting valiantly, 2 soldiers, Lance Naik Tariq & Sepoy Zaroof embraced shahadat,” Pakistan’s military,” Pakistan’s military said.

Dozens of people have recently been were killed on both sides in clashes between Pakistani and Indian troops along the de facto Kashmir frontier.

The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian and Pakistani controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary, but serves as the de facto border.

Originally known as the Cease-fire Line, it was redesignated as the Line of Control following the Simla Agreement.