Pakistan accused Indian troops Thursday of killing a soldier in disputed Kashmir, the latest in a series of reported clashes which have raised tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Skirmishes have erupted across the heavily militarised Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border in Kashmir, since five Indian soldiers were killed on August 5 in an ambush which Delhi has blamed on the Pakistan army.
The two countries have traded accusations over the intermittent clashes in the Himalayan territory, which each control in part but claim in full.
"At 1150 hours today Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing at LoC, Rakhchakri sector near Rawlakot. Sepoy Habib embraced shahadat (martyrdom) due to unprovoked Indian firing," the Pakistani military said in a statement.
The incident came a day after the Pakistan foreign ministry summoned the Indian deputy ambassador to protest over what it said was the killing of an army officer and the wounding of a soldier in Kashmir.
Kashmir has been the trigger for two of the three wars between the two nations.
The renewed tensions have jeopardised plans for what they hoped might be a breakthrough encounter between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of a UN meeting in New York next month.
