WORLD IN BRIEF : INDIA : Border Clash Puts Troops on Alert
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India placed its troops on alert across its northern border with Pakistan after clashes were reported with Pakistani troops in Kashmir. Describing the clashes as “a major border incident,” United News of India said that according to unconfirmed reports at least 10 Pakistanis were killed. The clashes reportedly occurred in the Kupwara sector of the disputed frontier, about 60 miles northeast of Srinagar, India. Earlier, Pakistanis fired heavy artillery with explosive and incendiary shells at Indian border posts in Jammu-Kashmir state, an India government spokesman said. Pakistan’s Defense Ministry denied that charge.
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