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26 jawans killed along LoC by Pak in last 3 years.

26 jawans killed along LoC by Pak in last 3 years.

New Delhi | PTI | 26 Aug 2013 :: Twenty six Indian army personnel have been killed in attacks by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir in the last three years, the Lok Sabha was told on Monday.

26 personnel have been killed from 2010 to August 19 this year in attacks by Pakistan Army attacks along the LoC, defence minister AK Antony said in a written reply to a query.

The question on the killing of five Indian soldiers in Poonch sector on August 6 was posed by 22 MPs cutting across party lines.

On the August 6 killings, the minister said a group of specialist troops of Pakistan Army crossed the Line of Control from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) side and attacked a patrol of Indian troops comprising one NCO and five other ranks.

"In the ensuing firefight, five of our brave soldiers were martyred and one soldier was injured," he said.(Courtesy:Hindustan Times)

Bombings kill 53, injures around 140 people in Pakistan.

Bombings kill 53, injures around 140  people in Pakistan.

Peshawar,  PTI |  Jul  1 2013  :: At least 53 people have been killed and nearly 140 injured in Pakistan in separate attacks, including a deadly suicide bombing in restive Quetta city.

In the first of yesterday's attacks, at least 17 people, including four children, were killed and nearly 50 injured when a powerful remote-controlled bomb targeted a passing convoy of security forces near a busy market here in northwest Pakistan.(Courtesy:Press Trust of India)