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The 2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes were a series of armed clashes between India and Pakistan, mostly consisting of heavy exchanges of gunfire between Indian and Pakistani forces across the de facto border, known as the Line of Control (LoC), between the two states in the disputed region of Kashmir.
Pakistan rejected claims that any surgical strikes occurred. Pakistan's Foreign Office said the claim as "baseless" and said India was "deliberately" escalating conflict. [4] The Pakistan Army claimed that there had only been "cross border firing". [34] Pakistan warned that it would respond militarily should any surgical strike actually occur. [8]
The tension defused in a short time and Pakistan moved its troops away from the border. 2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes: On 29 September 2016, border skirmishes between India and Pakistan began following reported "surgical strikes" by India against militant launch pads across the Line of Control in Pakistani-administered Kashmir ...
Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire and shelling along their highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing an Indian border guard, officials said Thursday. Authorities in ...
2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff; 2008 India–Pakistan standoff; 2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish; 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; 2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; 2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; 2020–21 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
India–Pakistan border skirmishes or India–Pakistan standoff may refer to these military conflicts on the India–Pakistan border, specifically the Line of Control in Kashmir: 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff; 2008 India–Pakistan standoff; 2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish; 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
The 2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes were a series of armed clashes and exchanges of gunfire between the Indian Border Security Force and the Pakistan Rangers: the paramilitary gendarmerie forces of both nations, responsible for patrolling the India-Pakistan border) along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region and the borders of the Punjab.
Since its establishment in 1947, Pakistan has been involved in numerous armed conflicts, both domestically and internationally.Historically and presently, the primary focus of its military operations has been on neighboring India, with whom Pakistan has fought four major wars, as well as the Siachen conflict, frequent border skirmishes, and standoffs.